Guest Lecturers
 
Guest Lecturer Topic Date  
Bob Rosenschein, Founder, Answers.com "Confessions of a Serial
Entrepreneur"
August 24, 2011  
Kalman Labowitz "Intro to Internet Marketing" August 5, 2011  
Assaf Shafran, CEO, Nowforce "Mobile Life-Saving Networks" July 6, 2011  
Haim Kats, Deputy General Mgr, Boeing 787 Program Israel Aerospace Industry "War of the Universes: Airbus vs. Boeing" July 13, 2011  
Gadi Lipiner
Ph.D.
"Business Idea Generation,
Creative Thinking, Idea Screening
and Business Plans"
June 1, 2011  
Yoram Evron
Ph.D.
"Chinese Business Culture" May 20, 2011  
Ido Sher
Founder, Woolik
"Startup - The Early Phase" May 18, 2011  
Gadi Levin
CFO, Adira Energy
"Adira Energy and the Oil and
Gas Industry in Israel"
May 11, 2011  
Dan Berkove
Managing Director, Pivot Industries
"A Professional Perspective on
Clean Tech and Clean Energy"
May 4, 2011  
Yoni Shapira
CEO, Landmark Heritage Services
"The Challenges of Entrepreneurship
in a Volatile Tourism Market"
May 4, 2011  
Weldon Turner
Portfolio Mgr, Sierra Finances
"A Survey of Alternative Investments" August 27, 2010  
Bob Rosenschein
Chairman & CEO, Answers.com
"Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur" August 13, 2010  
Chagai Stern
Founder, OLIMI: On Line Israel Minds
- International
"Entrepreneurship: The Practical
Approach"
August 9, 2010  
David Franklin
Chairman & CEO, Sugat
"How to Successfully Brand a Commodity" August 2, 2010  
Lenny Sackstein
CEO & Owner, Carmit
"Crisis Management" July 21, 2010  
Ira Green
CFO, Arava Power Co.
"Project Financing - A Renewable Energy Experience" July 12, 2010  
Raymond and Wendy Ackerman
Founders and Owners, Pick'n Pay
""Building an Ethical Business in an Unethical Society"" June 27, 2010  
Ed Mlavsky, Ph.D.,
Chairman Emeritus & Founding Partner Gemini Israel Funds
"The Mini-Multinational Paradox,
or How Does an Israeli
Start-up Win Markets Abroad?"
May 28, 2010  
Haim Kats ,
Deputy General Mgr,
Boeing 787 Program
Israel Aerospace Industry
"War of the Universes: Airbus vs. Boeing" May 21, 2010  
Barre Seid ,
President, Tripp Lite
"Small vs Large in Business Careers" May 10, 2010  
Jeff Pulver,
Chairman & Founder, pulver.com
"Life Lessons from a Perpetual Entrepreneur" April 26, 2010  
Shelley Levine,
Owner, Tivuch Shelly Ltd.
"Why Mortgages Work in Israel Despite the Global Crisis" April 21, 2010  
Jeff Stern ,
Innovation Expert, Amdocs
"Innovation: Turning a buzzword into reality" April 14, 2010  
Weldon Turner ,
Portfolio Mgr, Sierra Finances
"Investing in Emerging Markets" March 5, 2010  
Avital Bar-Dayan ,
Executive Vice President, Midroog
"2009: A Challenging yet Surprising Year for the
Debt Market in Israel"
February 17,
2010
 
Yoni Shapira,
CEO Landmark
Heritage Services
"The Challenges of Entrepreneurship in a
Volatile Tourism Market"
November 27,
2009
 
Nancy
Shapira-Aronovic
,
Manager,
Gelbart Kahana Global
Marketing
"The New Rules of Marketing and PR" November 13,
2009
 
Barry Shaked,
Founder,
Pres.& CEO Retalix
"A Global Company Versus an Israeli
Company Selling Abroad"
June 29, 2009  
Howard Sterling,
Managing Director
Hudson Securities
"Israel Creates World Class Companies: To TV or not to TV" June 15, 2009  
Eli Novershtern,
Investment Analyst,
Canaan Partners
"Strategy for Startups" June 10, 2009  
Leon Koffler,
Chairman, Super Pharm
"Passion" June 1, 2009  
Morris Kaner,
President & CEO,
Idan
"How to Develop a Successful Consulting
and Training Service"
May 11, 2009  
Eli Feldblum,
CEO, RankAbove
"The Philosophy of Internet Marketing" May 4, 2009
Jacob Berman,
President,
JB Advisors, Inc
"Entreprenurship in Banking" May 6, 2009
Dan Propper,
Chairman, OSEM Group
"Osem's Strategy - Lessons & Conclusions" March 30, 2009  
Reuven Mouallem,
Israeli Patent Attorney
"Intellectual Property - Protecting Your Ideas" March 25, 2009  
David Franklin,
Chairman & CEO,
Sugat
"How to Successfully Brand a Commodity" March 23, 2009  
Lenny Sackstein,
CEO & Owner, Carmit
"Crisis Management" March 16, 2009  
Yoni Shapira,
CEO Landmark Heritage
Services
"The Challenges of Entrepreneurship in a
Volatile Tourism Market"
January 21, 2009  
Maya Elhalal,
CEO, Siteonspot.com
"New Media Entrepreneurship" August 4, 2008  
Hillel Schuster,
Principal,
Head of Corporate
Finance, KPMG, Israel
"Where Does All the Money Come From and
Where Does it Go?"
June 2, 2008  
Hillel Schuster,
Principal,
Head of Corporate
Finance, KPMG, Israel
"Valuation Concepts -
Much More than Spreadsheets..
Much Much More"
May 14, 2008  
Haim Kats,
Deputy General Mgr
Israel Aerospace
Industries
"Boeing 787 Program " May 12, 2008  
Amir Erben,
Partner, Skyfund
"Structuring Management Buy in Transactions" April 30, 2008  
Ari Bergmann,
Principal, Penso Capital
Markets
,LLC
"Case Studies on Derivatives:
From Theory to Real-Life Applications"
March 19, 2008  
Avi Shaked,
Founder, 888.com
"The Two Methods for Business Success:
My Method and That of Everyone Else"
March 17, 2008  
Vigi Huber,
Chairman, Teraop
"Analyzing Financial Statements
(IFRS) II"
March 14, 2008  
Vigi Huber,
Chairman, Teraop
"Analyzing Financial Statements
(IFRS) I"
March 7, 2008  
Greg Rosshandler,
Chairman,
Peachtree Capital,
Pty. LTD
"A Business - From Birth to Exit
and Everything in Between"
February 20,
2008
 
Hava Shechter,
CEO, H. Shechter &
Co. Investment House
"Introduction to Structured
Products & the Effect
of the Current Market
on These Instruments"
February 11,
2008
 
Hillel Schuster,
Principal,
Head of Corporate
Finance, KPMG, Israel
"Company Valuation and Cash Flow" August 14, 2007  
Kenneth Abramowitz,
Managing General
Partner, NGN Capital
"The Impact of VC's on Health Services" June 25, 2007  
Tom Steinberg,
President,
Tisch Family Interests
  June 18, 2007  
Hillel Schuster,
Principal, Head of
Corporate Finance,
KPMG, Israel
"The Inner Workings of Wall Street" June 11, 2007  
Ron Bowman,
President,
Dale Carnegie Training
of Israel
"Everyone Wants to Go to Heaven
but No One Wants to Die - Why only 1
out of 100 Succeed"
May 28, 2007  
Zvika Livnat,
Co-CEO Clal Industries
  May 14, 2007  
Haim Kats,
Deputy General Mgr
Israel Aerospace
Industries
"War of the Universes: Airbus vs. Boeing" May 27, 2007  
David Rubner,
CEO, Rubner
Technology Ventures
"An Inside View
of the Merger Between ECI
Telecom & Tadiran Telecom"
April 16, 2007  
Aviram Hadar,
Corporate VP, MIS,
Nice Systems
Ltd., Israel
"Managing Information Systems
in a Global Company"
March 26, 2007  
Abby Flamholz,
Former Managing
Parnter, Adar
Investment Mgt.
"Starting a Hedge Fund" March 21, 2007  
Sheldon Fink,
CEO, Aqaba
International Industrial
Estate
"Managing a Regional Development Project:
The Case of Aqaba - Jordan"
March 19, 2007  
Dr. Thomas Szuran,
Country Mgr,
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Israel Ltd.
"Future Trends in the Pharmaceutical Market" March 12, 2007  
Jacob Berman,
President,
JB Advisors, Inc.
"Entreprenurship in Banking" March 7, 2007  
Dr. Muriel Zohar
Healthcare management
and consulting,
CLAL Biotechnology
Industries
"Managing Healthcare Innovation:
From Small Start-Up to Large Pharma"
February 26,
2007
 
Dr. Akiva
Offenbacher
,
Director,
Monetary Dept.,
Bank of Israel
"Functions & Management of a Central Bank:
The Bank of Israel as a Case Study"
February 19,
2007