Jon Medved Is Not Done Yet | OurCrowd Founder & Startup Nation Pioneer

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There is a huge spiritual dimension of building the land of Israel, building companies, building the future. And I dare say that creating technologies that will solve pollution, that will help with the energy crisis, that will feed the planet, that will solve health care, that will make children learn better. All of this is God's work. is God's work. We've got to create. We have to be partners with Hashem. We are we are partners in terms of building this wonderful, beautiful planet. And to not do so is to I think to turn your back on our tradition. Do you have this sort of nasty disease, ALS? But I'm not letting it define me. And I'm uh actually opening up all kinds of new projects, which I'm working on. And projects, which I'm working on. And literally I flatlined at the hospital and was resuscitated and brought back after 8 minutes. So, I think anyone would ask themselves after an event like that, "Okay, you've been brought back. What what does that mean?" Shalom Aleichem and welcome to Start Tank. Start Tank is a podcast about the challenges and opportunities of being a mentor in the workforce. This week we're joined by John Medved. John is the founder of OurCrowd. He's also one of founder of OurCrowd. He's also one of the founding fathers of the Israeli startup nation scene. So, John, thank you for joining us and welcome. It's great to be here, Yakov. Thanks for having me. So, let's talk a little bit of sort of personal background. What was your childhood like? Entrepreneurship, investment, building companies, selling that. Talk to you from a young age. What was the world that you inhabited in growing growing up? Well, I was born in San Diego and raised in Los Angeles out on the West Coast of California, where there was a lot of sun,

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1. 0:00There is a huge spiritual dimension of building the land of Israel, building companies, building the…
2. 3:03that I was expelled. I thought maybe I'd be off the hook, but it just forced…
3. 6:09And that blew my mind because what I had loved in Israel was the upbeat, wonderful…
4. 9:42hear how your journey professionally, religiously, nationally all sort of intertwine and weaving and backs and…
5. 12:47Yes, I gave that PowerPoint presentation to a group that Dan brought to Israel from Harvard.…
6. 16:22at Machon Lev which is such a Kiddush Hashem where you have the cutting edge of…
7. 19:26underwhelming and the Startup Nation is also sort of putting these things together and creating a…
8. 22:32one of the reasons why, you know, some people might be a little harder to convince…
9. 26:09and I'm uh actually opening up all kinds of new projects, which I'm working. I'm still…
10. 29:15literally until the week before he died at age 83. He fought a a nasty disease,…

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