Scaling a venture is one of the most difficult challenges a founder will ever face. Statistics from the innovation ecosystem show a sobering reality. Nine out of ten startups eventually fail. When we look at the reasons for these collapses, we find that the problem is not a lack of effort or funding. Many firms…
Back in 2017, my colleague Aviram Galim wrote two pieces that felt like warnings from the future. One was about the “art of making noise”. The other was a plea for businesses not to lose themselves in the trap of numerical KPIs. Back then, we were mostly worried about noisy social media ads and the…
I have spent a significant part of my career working with innovators, particularly those in the scaling stage. These are companies that have often moved past the initial excitement of a seed round and are now navigating the complex journey of global expansion. They are often between ten and two hundred employees; a stage I…