Israel Entrepreneurship Initiative 2018

Professor Bruce Bachenheimer, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Lab , traveled to Israel to promote the Israel Entrepreneurship Initiative in partnership with the MIT Enterprise forum of Israel at Tel Aviv University from May 13 to 18, 2018. In addition to promoting the program, Professor Bachenheimer participated in numerous entrepreneurship events, including delivering a guest lecture on 'Market Research and Customer Discovery' at Tel Aviv University. He also visited a number of other academic institutions, including: Netanya Academic College and Ruppin Academic Center Michmoret Marine Sciences Campus. This initiative was made possible by a generous grant from Pace alumni Michael Dezer, BBA ’68.

An Information Session was held to promote the Israel Entrepreneurship Initiative at the offices of Pearl Cohen on the 53rd floor of the Azrieli Sarona Tower.

Professor Bruce Bachenheimer, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Lab, conducting an Information Session to promote the Israel Entrepreneurship Initiative

Ayla Matalon, Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel, speaking at the Information Session

Nofar Amikam, VP Value Creation,Glilot Capital Partners, speaking at the Information Session

Jody Stein, Partner, Pearl Cohen, speaking at the Information Session

Dror Tamir, CEO and Co-Founder,Hargol Foodtech, a 2017-2018 partner company, speaking at the Information Session

Ehud Bejerano, VP Sales, WINT Water Intelligence, pitching at the Information Session

Dr. Liat Zivan, Co-Founder, PlateMyMeal ,one of eight entrepreneurs participating in the pitch clinic at the Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator in WeWork Sarona

Professor Bruce Bachenheimer at the Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator in WeWork Sarona, sponsor of the pitch clinics

Presenting a lecture on Market Research and Customer Discovery for a Technology Entrepreneurship course at Tel Aviv University

Meeting with Natnawat Jiwattanakul, Vice President of the Thai-Israel Chamber of Commerce

Professor Abraham Hefetz, Ph.D.,Dean of the School of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Michmoret Campus

Yair Suari Ph.D., Lecturer, School of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Michmoret Campus

Technion DRIVE Accelerator Panel Discussion: ‘Why NYC is the best place to grow your startup’, where Professor Bruce Bachenheimer, Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Lab was invited to speak about our Israel Entrepreneurship Initiative