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Founder Storiez

ephraim yarmak
Axonius
Venture Capital
Tel Aviv
Team8
Israel
Spera
Okta
Redpoint Ventures
CRV
TCV
Dean Sysman
New York
Cybersecurity
Vine Ventures
USVP
Port.io
Vega
Granulate
Nutanix
Artemis Security

The purpose of "FounderStoriez Channel" is to interview Entrepreneurs from around the world to share their story, experience, and wisdom with you so you can learn from them and be inspired.

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Raj grew up in a town in India with two traffic lights. He's now the CEO of Jetstream, a cybersecurity startup he founded after leaving CrowdStrike, which then turned around and invested in his company.

In this conversation: his mother's anything le... more

Shachar Hirschberg, Co-founder & CEO of Artemis Security, on building a cybersecurity company with thirty employees, one manager, and no traditional titles, only "Builders."

We get into the flat-org experiment, why he thinks AI-era product velocity ... more

In this episode, I sit down with Dean Shahar to discuss the reality of venture capital decision-making.

Investors often have to make high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, especially when startups are reaching critical inflection points.... more

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Lia Cromwell, Partner at UpWest, joins us for a candid conversation about venture capital, founder psychology, and the signals most entrepreneurs misread during fundraising.

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– What VCs really think after your pitch

– How to know if a ... more

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Recent Guests

Shachar Hirschberg
Co-founder and CEO, Artemis Security
Artemis Security
Episode: How Elite Founders Think | Shachar Hirschberg, CEO of Artemis
Shay Sandler
Co-founder and CEO of Vega
Vega
Episode: Shay Sandler (Vega) Grit, Sales, and Security, The Founder Mindset
Ori Barzilay
Partner at Team8
Team8
Episode: Ori Barzilay (Team8): Winning Mentality, Humility, and Founder Excellence
Zohar Einy
Founder and CEO of port.io
port.io
Episode: Zohar Einy Founder Port.io: Building a $800M Company with Belief and Discipline
Jacques Benkoski
Managing partner at Storied Venture Capital fund USVP
USVP
Episode: Jacques Benkoski (USVP): Money, Mentors & The Lost Art of Venture Capital
Dan Povitsky
Co-founder, Vine Ventures
Vine Ventures
Episode: Dan Povitsky: The Vine Ventures Story: Faith, Focus, and Founders
Dor Fleder
CEO and co-founder of Spera, later acquired by Okta
Spera (acquired by Okta)
Episode: Dor Fledel: Building Spera, Getting Acquired by Okta & Lessons from the Founder Journey
Dean Sysman
CEO and co-founder of Axonius
Axonius
Episode: Dean Sysman: The Relentless Founder Behind a $2B Cyber Unicorn
Dheeraj Pandey
Founder/CEO, Nutanix and DevRev
Nutanix, DevRev
Episode: From $900 to Billion-Dollar Ventures: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation | Dheeraj Pandery Founder DevRev & Nutanix

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Ephraim
Host of Founder Storiez; interviews founders and leaders

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 91 ratings
  • Great Podcast

    Ephraim does a great job! Great podcast!

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    Big Cat from PMT
    United States2 years ago
  • I really enjoyed this

    Very enjoyable. Host does a great job in making the guests talk.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Shamayasaf
    United States3 years ago
  • Enjoyable and insightful to listen to!

    Every episode you listen to you will learn a lot about yourself, how to be better person and how to be a better and stronger entrepreneur! Overall incredibly insightful!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ShainaYaffa
    United States3 years ago
  • Great work. Love the insightfulness

    Really interesting to get an inside look into these founder’s lives and hear about their success and failures. Solid interviewer and pleasant listen. The ad in the beginning brought a smile too..

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    mendyismyname
    United States4 years ago
  • Great insights

    You get to hear the really personal side of a founders journey! Excellent podcast and stories!

    Apple Podcasts
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    Nadir Las
    United States4 years ago

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From $900 to Billion-Dollar Ventures: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation | Dheeraj Pandery Founder DevRev & Nutanix
Q: What leadership principles helped Nutanix scale and later inform DevRev?
Humanism, radical candor, and operating with integrity shaped the culture; we avoided ruinous empathy and transactional dynamics, built strong systems, and designed processes that empowered country managers and teams globally, which enabled scale while maintaining a cohesive, principled workplace.
From $900 to Billion-Dollar Ventures: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation | Dheeraj Pandery Founder DevRev & Nutanix
Q: How did you keep your relationship and focus during long-distance periods and early entrepreneurship?
We built a foundation of trust and joint ownership, sharing finances and decisions, which kept us aligned. This consensus approach helped us navigate long-distance periods, maintain family stability, and stay grounded while pursuing ambitious goals.
From $900 to Billion-Dollar Ventures: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation | Dheeraj Pandery Founder DevRev & Nutanix
Q: What was the moment you decided to start Nutanix despite the financial crisis?
The decision came from a tough mix of conviction and risk tolerance; we recognized the need to embrace emerging distributed systems and NoSQL trends, talk with founders, and commit to our own venture rather than push changes within another company, especially during a market slump. This gut-based move led us to quit our jobs and pursue building a product that could ride the downturn and emerge stronger when conditions improved.
Ori Barzilay (Team8): Winning Mentality, Humility, and Founder Excellence
Q: What first inspired Ori to pursue his path in entrepreneurship and investing?
A combination of his mother's belief in him, a key English teacher who pushed him to improve, and a mentor in the army who modeled leadership and perseverance.
Inside the VC Game: Conversations with Rising Stars Morgan Gerlak TCV, Jordan Segall Redpoint Ventures, James Green CRV
Q: James, what non-negotiable founder traits do you look for beyond just the business idea?
Grit and relentlessness, paired with an ability to be authentic and build personal, transparent relationships with founders, alongside a clear founder-market fit and an unfair right to win.

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What is Founder Storiez about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A founder-focused interview series that centers on real-world journeys of startup builders, investors, and CEOs. Episodes commonly explore the path from idea to scale, fundraising pivots, team building, culture, and leadership under pressure, with a strong emphasis on practical lessons from cybersecurity, AI, and broader tech ventures. Conversations often blend personal backstories with strategic decisions, offering concrete anecdotes about first customers, growth milestones, and navigating exits or large-scale funding rounds. Noteworthy traits include a consistently candid, founder-centric style, a preference for authentic storytelling over gloss, and a demonstrated ability to mentor founders through tough cycles. This show is likely to ap... more

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2. Shay Sandler
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6. Dan Povitsky
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