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Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship: The Stories That Changed the Century

They have that spark in their eyes, endless determination and a willingness to face unexpected difficulties along the way. You would not easily pick them out in a crowd on the street, but a brief conversation can reveal the greatness behind every entrepreneur whose life changed after they began pursuing a dream. Their life, but also the lives of those around them, and perhaps society as a whole. We shared their excitement and hopes, heard the hope and daring in their voices, and brought them to you. An article by Ilan Sharabi, an Israeli entrepreneur.

A glowing light bulb on a workbench surrounded by inventions from different eras: an old telephone, personal computer and rocket

Behind every successful venture are people who dared to turn an idea into reality. Here are a few stories of entrepreneurs and the ventures they founded.

Tomer Hari and Yair Kaspin: Homage

Homage is an app that lets users put themselves into a short movie. The app grew from a desire to explore creativity and the need for it among mobile phone, tablet and desktop computer users. Both entrepreneurs previously worked at high-tech companies and are involved in electrical engineering and information systems engineering. The desire to let individual voices be heard is what drove the two cousins to succeed.

Adi Biran and Lihi Gerstner: Splacer

Architects, lecturers and people active in technology who decided to become entrepreneurs. Emerging from academic research, the idea for a private venture came from an ambition to examine changes in private and public spaces. Splacer is a platform that allows people to offer their private spaces for social events held by other platform participants.

Roomer: Getting Into a Hotel at the Last Minute

Meidad Marzan comes from a design background. After completing industrial design studies at Bezalel and working at Keter, he joined a startup where he serves as product manager. The venture is a platform for booking hotel rooms at the last minute by using reservations canceled by previous guests. Meidad connects with the creative side of ventures and the constantly evolving construction of the entrepreneurial world.

Connecting Worlds: Artsetters

Lee Rotenberg and Alex Skinazi arrived as tourists and stayed to create, founding Artsetters because of the energy of vibrant Tel Aviv. The entrepreneurs say they could not have done their current work anywhere else. It is an amazing combination of culture and technological tools connecting Israeli designers and artists with customers. The venture grew out of enormous excitement about the artists' work and the desire to make it accessible to young, open-minded audiences. Skinazi enthusiastically says that only in Israel has she encountered such openness toward foreign entrepreneurs.

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