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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. I had the opportunity to visit my grandmother in the COVID ward at a local hospital before she passed (in full protective gear of course). Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t?

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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Yet, and this will come as a surprise to no one who has ever managed a hospitality business, things weren’t going *perfectly* at the four-year-old startup with 10,000+ members—which feels like the standard female founders are held to. I especially haven’t worked in a hospitality job or any other job while Black.