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In the cold, unforgiving lands where folklore and fear intertwine, tales of werewolves have haunted the imaginations of villagers for centuries. But what happens when these legends step out of the shadows and into real history?IN THIS EPISODE: We're all familiar with the concept of werewolves – they are all over pop culture, movies, television, comic books, novels, and every other medium you could possibly imagine. And while they are considered fictional, or at least in the realm of cryptids, that doesn't mean there aren't true stories of reported werewolves in history. (Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves) *** Just the idea of going to prison is enough to scare people into living a squeaky-clean life, but if you're one of the most dangerous prisoners known to exist, ordinary prison would look like a vacation as compared to life in the Florence ADX Supermax Prison. (Life In The Supermax) *** What was supposed to be a two day trip turned into a maritime mystery when the ship, the MV Joyita was discovered floating with no crew on board. What happened? (The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita)CHAPTERS AND TIMESTAMPS…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Lead-In00:01:55.292 = Show Open00:03:50.000 = Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves, Part 100:30:01.018 = Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves, Part 200:44:57.556 = The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita01:05:37.130 = Life In The Supermax01:18:22.205 = Show Close, Verse, and Final ThoughtSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves” by Miss Celania for MentalFloss.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p84ut66, Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2MFFx5p, WolvesRox on Playbuzz.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9bjcht, and Tim Flight for HistoricCollection.com:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p87s85sThe short fable, “The Werewolf” was written by Angela Carter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckt8fn6“The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8sux2j“Life In The Supermax” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker.com's Unspeakable Times:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8u82p9=====Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamInfo on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: January, 2022EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/WerewolvesOfOld

We're all familiar with the concept of werewolves – they are all over pop culture, movies, television, comic books, novels, and every other medium you could possibly imagine. And while they are considered fictional, or at least in the realm of cryptids, that doesn't mean there aren't true stories of reported werewolves in history. (Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves) *** Just the idea of going to prison is enough to scare people into living a squeaky-clean life, but if you're one of the most dangerous prisoners known to exist, ordinary prison would look like a vacation as compared to life in the Florence ADX Supermax Prison. (Life In The Supermax) *** What was supposed to be a two day trip turned into a maritime mystery when the ship, the MV Joyita was discovered floating with no crew on board. What happened? (The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves” by Miss Celania for MentalFloss.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p84ut66, Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2MFFx5p, WolvesRox on Playbuzz.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9bjcht, and Tim Flight for HistoricCollection.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p87s85sThe short fable, “The Werewolf” was written by Angela Carter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckt8fn6“The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8sux2j“Life In The Supermax” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker.com's Unspeakable Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8u82p9Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: January, 2022PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/real-historic-accounts-of-werewolves/

Help spread the darkness! VOTE FOR THIS EPISODE at https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mvjsnkbz – you can vote up to 3X per day! Find Weird Darkness in your favorite podcast app at https://weirddarkness.com/listen. PLEASE SHARE WEIRD DARKNESS® in your social media and with others who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do!IN THIS EPISODE: Just the idea of going to prison is enough to scare people into living a squeaky-clean life, but if you're one of the most dangerous prisoners known to exist, ordinary prison would look like a vacation as compared to life in the Florence ADX Supermax Prison. (Life In The Supermax) *** What was supposed to be a two day trip turned into a maritime mystery when the ship, the MV Joyita was discovered floating with no crew on board. What happened? (The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita) *** We're all familiar with the concept of werewolves – they are all over pop culture, movies, television, comic books, novels, and every other medium you could possibly imagine. And while they are considered fictional, or at least in the realm of cryptids, that doesn't mean there aren't true stories of reported werewolves in history. (Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves” by Miss Celania for MentalFloss.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p84ut66, Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2MFFx5p, WolvesRox on Playbuzz.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9bjcht, and Tim Flight for HistoricCollection.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p87s85sThe short fable, “The Werewolf” was written by Angela Carter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckt8fn6 “The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8sux2j “Life In The Supermax” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker.com's Unspeakable Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8u82p9= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46WeirdDarkness™ - is a production and trademark of Marlar House Productions. © 2023, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/15263

KC and Faye play a game of Guess the Recipe. Game was created by Sydnie Silver on Playbuzz. Follow us on social media! http://Facebook.com/unholygossipgirls http://Twitter.com/girlsunholy https://www.instagram.com/unholygossipgirls Email us! Unholygossipgirls@gmail.com Check out our merch! https://teespring.com/stores/unholygossipgirlsmerch Leave us a voicemail! https://anchor.fm/unholygossipgirls Warning: content may be upsetting, triggering, and terrifying. Listen at your own risk. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unholygossipgirls/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unholygossipgirls/support

Listen now | Episode 81 Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.This week we have Venture Unlocked’s first international manager with Danny Cohen from Israel-based Viola Ventures. Founded under the name Carmel Ventures in 2000, Viola currently has over $4B in total assets under management. It’s focused on early-stage companies in the fields of enterprise infrastructure and applications, frontier and deep technologies (automotive, IOT, AR/VR, drones), software, software as a service, financial technology, Internet, media, communications, semiconductors, and consumer electronics.Danny joined the firm as a GP in 2013 after 11 years at Gemini Ventures.It was great to have an insider’s perspective given how much growth we’ve seen in the Israeli ecosystem over the last five years—which includes a 6X growth in funding.About Daniel Cohen:Daniel Cohen is a General Partner at Viola Ventures. He has been at the fund since 2013 and invested in everything B2C, including Consumer Internet, e-Commerce, DTC, Games, and Digital Media.He currently serves on the board of EX.CO, Puls, Splacer, Deep, Lightricks, Maapilim, and Ruti He was also on the board of Tapingo (acquired by Grubhub for $150M) and Origami Logic (acquired by Intuit).In the past 15+ years worked closely with many of the best Israeli startups and personally lead investments in companies like Playbuzz, Puls, Lightricks, Tapingo, Adap.tv, Outbrain, Watchdox, Eyeview, Minute Media, and others.Prior to Viola, Daniel was GP at Gemini Israel Ventures. He did his undergrad at Tel Aviv University and got his MBA from INSEAD. Subscribe at ventureunlocked.substack.com

Subscribe to the podcast by searching for Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts – or use this RSS feed link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/episodes/feed. Look for @WeirdDarkness on Facebook and Twitter! Please SHARE Weird Darkness with others and leave a review and comment in the podcast app you listen from! Doing so helps the show to keep growing!IN THIS EPISODE: Just the idea of going to prison is enough to scare people into living a squeaky-clean life, but if you're one of the most dangerous prisoners known to exist, ordinary prison would look like a vacation as compared to life in the Florence ADX Supermax Prison. (Life In The Supermax) *** What was supposed to be a two day trip turned into a maritime mystery when the ship, the MV Joyita was discovered floating with no crew on board. What happened? (The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita) *** We're all familiar with the concept of werewolves – they are all over pop culture, movies, television, comic books, novels, and every other medium you could possibly imagine. And while they are considered fictional, or at least in the realm of cryptids, that doesn't mean there aren't true stories of reported werewolves in history. (Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Real Historic Accounts of Werewolves” by Miss Celania for MentalFloss.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p84ut66, Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2MFFx5p, WolvesRox on Playbuzz.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9bjcht, and Tim Flight for HistoricCollection.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p87s85sThe short fable, “The Werewolf” was written by Angela Carter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckt8fn6 “The Mysterious Abandonment of the MV Joyita” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8sux2j “Life In The Supermax” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker.com's Unspeakable Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8u82p9 Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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שאול הוא יזם ומנכ״ל של חברות סטארטאפ ובשיחתנו תאר בצורה כנה וחשופה את המאניה-דיפרסיה המטאפורית שליוותה אותו בעשור האחרון, בהיותו עסוק בשאלת 'מהי הצלחה?' ואיך הוא מודד אותה.   את פלייבאז הוא הקים בגיל 36. יזמים רבים יוצאים לדרך היזמית בהתרגשות ומתוך מקום של לשנות את העולם. אצל שאול זה התחיל מספק דכדוך-ספק דכאון. הוא היה במירוץ מטורף אחרי תחושת ההצלחה - איך להיות מפורסם? להתעשר? להיות על שער הWall St. Journal? ואז הגיע לו הרעיון שלימים יהיה Playbuzz. פתאום, הוא רצה להצליח מתוך אמונה ברעיון ולא מתוך קידוש עצם ההצלחה עצמה. אבל זה היה חזק ממנו.   10 שנים בPlaybuzz היו רכבת הרים מטורפת. ברכבת הרים יש הרבה עליות ומורדות - אבל יש שם בעיקר חוסר שליטה. וכשיש חוסר שליטה לא מוכלת - מתעוררת גם חרדה. אחת הבעיות המרכזיות - היא כשהיזמים מתבלבלים בין הסטארטאפ לבין עצמם. הם מרגישים כאילו אחד הם. ואז, ישנו בלבול בין הערך העצמי של עצמנו לבין התוצאה  של הפעולות שלנו. זה משית לחץ מאד גדול שיושב טוב טוב על הכתפיים, וזה הרסני להחזיק את זה באופן הזה לאורך זמן. סימון ביילס, מתעמלת הקרקע האולימפית, בדיוק פרשה ממשחקי האולימפיאדה בטוקיו 2021, כיון שחשה שהלחץ המנטלי רב מידי, והיא ידעה לעצור בזמן כדי לא לפגוע בעצמה - קרי, יצרה את ההפרדה הזו בין מי שהיא והתפקיד המקצועי כדי לשמור על עצמה.   איך מתמודדים עם חרדה?  אמפטיה אנושית זה המענה הכי נגיש. סביבה תומכת שתחזק ותכיל. לדבר בצורה גלויה על מה שקורה, לשתף ולשקף את שחשים מבפנים. לא לנסות להיות גיבורי על. שאול מתאר כמה שנים הרגיש שהוא חייב להחזיק הכל, לא להראות את הסדקים, והוא שילם על כך מחיר כבד. הוא הביא עימו הרבה אנרגיה שלילית לתוך סיטואציות, מה שפגע בהרבה אנשים יקרים בדרך. עם הזמן, הוא למד להקיף עצמו באנשים אמיתיים שרוצים בטובתו, ולא רק 'מעריצים מלטפי אגו'. זה הכניס הרבה אוויר למפרשים. שאול מתאר רגע קשה בו הכנסות החברה נחתכו ב- 30% בין לילה בגין שינויים רגולטוריים, ובבת אחת נשמטה הקרקע מתחתם. הם היו חייביים לעצור הכל ולהפסיק לדמם - ופיטרו 50 אנשים - שלא מזמן שכנעו אותם להצטרף אליהם… זה עורר אצל שאול חרדה קשה. אחד הכלים היעילים להתמודד עם החרדה - הוא לפרק אותה לגורמים. במקום להרגיש שמתמודדים עם מיליון דברים וזה סוגר עלינו - פשוט לעשות אנליזה, לשאול עצמנו "ממה אני חושש" ולייצר רשימה של דברים. עצם רשימת הדברים - קצת משחררת לחץ, וכשיש רשימה של בעיות קטנות - אפשר למצוא פתרונות. ואז הרשימה מצטמצמת, ונשארים מעט יותר דברים המדירים שינה מעינינו.   איך מכילים הצלחה? יזמים בתחילת דרכם נורא רוצים להצליח. הם מאמצים לעצמם נרטיבים ותולים את האהבה העצמית שלהם בהצלחות חיצוניות. אבל ההצלחה - היא באמת מסחררת, ורחוקה מלהרגיש שחרור ופורקן. מגיע עימה שלב אחר וחדש לגמריי - עוד יותר גדול, עוד יותר מלחיץ. פעמים רבות מנסים לתחקר איך הסטארטאפ הצליח. יש פקטורים רבים שאפשר לנסות לדייק ולמדוד אותם בצמיחת חברה - אבל יש לא מעט דברים שלא פשוט לשים עליהם את האצבע, והם נכנסים תחת מטריה כזו שנקרא לה מזל. מאד קשה לחזות מה יוביל חברה להצלחה מטאורית, ומה יהיה הדבר שיגמור אותה - וזה מדגיש כמה במסע הזה יש אלמנטים שהם לא בשליטתנו (מעבר לרעיון, טכנולוגיה, צוות, משקיעים טובים, לקוחות וכו').  Playbuzz החלה להצליח אחרי שנתיים, ובין לילה. ב 27.2.2014 מ1,000 יוזרים - למחרת הם היו למעלה ממיליון. משתמשת מאנגליה יצרה פריט תוכן ויראלי, החזון קרם עור וגידים והיה קשה להכיל זאת. עם ההצלחה - גדלות גם הציפיות. עד כה לא היה להם מה להפסיד - פתאום - הם פחדו לאבד את הכל. החלו החששות - איך להגן על ההצלחה הזו. בהחלט חשוב להנות מהצלחות ולדעת לנשום אותן לתוכינו - אבל צריך להישאר עם רגליים על הקרקע. שאול לא פעל כך. במילותיו שלו, הוא מתאר את 'שגעון הגדלות' שחש - לרצות עוד מיליונים, להתחרות עם חברים, לקבל עוד כותרות. הוא מודה שהרגיש רדוף. במשך שנים רבות הרדיפה הזו ניהלה אותו.   איך מאזנים? שאול משתף איך חי 5 שנים רחוק ממשפחתו, על קו ניו יורק-לונדון-ישראל ואיך היום הוא יודע שהיה צריך לבחור מסלול מאוזן הרבה יותר. הוא גדל עם אבא מאד מסור לקריירה - שאין לו זמן, עסוק. ובמקום לתקן זאת באבהותו שלו - הוא עשה בדיוק את אותו הדבר. הוא היה כ"כ רדוף ע"י הצורך להצליח בגדול  - שהיום הוא יודע להגיד שפעל מתוך אימפולסים ואיבד את הדרך לעיתים. אלו הם מחירים מאד כבדים שהסביבה שילמה. עבור שאול - הכתיבה היתה משחררת. הוא לקח צעד אחורה, עזב את Playbuzz והתחיל לכתוב. ולכתוב. כבר כמה שנים שהוא כותב ולאחרונה אף פרסם את ספרו "מוכרי החלומות" - שאינו אוטוביוגרפי, אך בהחלט משקף דימיון רב לחוויות אותן הוא חווה. שאול גם החל בטיפול פסיכולוגי - לקח לו הרבה זמן לפנות לכך מקום רגשי ופיזי - ולהיות מסוגל לבקש עזרה. זה העביר אותו תהליך מדהים שתן לו המון כח ופרספקטיבה. שאול מדגיש, כמה חשוב ליזמים כבר בתחילת הדרך, לקבל את התמיכה המנטלית הזו, כי הלחץ מאד מאד גדול, ואיך לדעתו כל קרן הון סיכון צריכה להעמיד איש מקצוע שידע לתת את המענה המנטלי ליזמים. היום הוא מוביל את המיזם הבא שלו - והפעם משתדל לעשות זאת בצורה הרבה יותר מאוזנת ומודעת.

In this episode, Hall welcomes Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures. Viola Ventures is part of Viola, Israel's leading tech-focused investment group with over $3.5B AUM. Founded in 2000, Viola Ventures empowers early-stage start-ups to become global leaders. The fund manages over $1B and has backed some of Israel's unicorns such as Payoneer, ironSource, Lightricks, Outbrain, Redis Labs, Pagaya, and more. To date, the fund has invested in 82 companies and has recorded over 40 exits. Daniel joined Viola Ventures after 11 years at Gemini Israel Ventures where he invested in various companies including Adap.tv (acquired by AOL for $450M), Outbrain, WatchDox (acquired by Blackberry for ~$100M), and Minute Media. Daniel's investment focus is the B2C market, including consumer internet, e-Commerce, DTC, games, and digital media. Daniel began his career as a developer and product manager in a few Israeli high-tech companies, including Commtouch and Scitex. He has a BA in computer science and psychology from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from INSEAD. He currently serves on the board of EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), Lightricks (creator of Facetune), and Maapilim. He was also on the board of Tapingo (acquired by Grubhub for $150M) and Origami Logic (acquired by Intuit). Daniel advises investors and entrepreneurs, shares how he sees the industry evolving, and discusses his investment thesis. You can visit Viola Ventures at , via LinkedIn at /, and via Twitter at .  Daniel can be contacted via email at , via LinkedIn at , and via Twitter at .  Music courtesy of .

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DON'T PANIC. Unless you don't have a towel. Then you can panic—we'll allow it. This week we're talking about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (and its many many formats). And, naturally, we'll also be discussing whether or not robots should have Genuine People Personalities. Quizzes this week are "Which Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Character are you?" (allthetests.com) and "Which Robot Are You?" (PlayBuzz).

Groundhog's day may have predicted six more weeks of winter, but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate. This week's quizzes are all about the movie Groundhog Day ... which pretty much just means we're taking quizzes about Bill Murray. Quizzes this week are "Which Groundhog Day Character Are You?" (Playbuzz) and "Which Bill Murray Character Are You?" (brainfall).

We're talking about Schitt's Creek on this episode ... and that time last week when we took a couch on the Q train. Quizzes this week are "Which Schitt's Creek Character Are You?" (PlayBuzz) and "Spend A Day In "Schitt's Creek" And We'll Reveal Which Alexis Rose Quote Matches Your Personality" (Buzzfeed).

Shaul Olmert went from teaching computers at a high school in Jerusalem to running the most powerful publishing platform on Facebook. In 2013, Shaul co-founded Playbuzz, an online content publishing platform that grew from 0 to 80 million users in 10 months and reached more users than The Huffington Post, New York Times, Fox, NBC and the BBC. Olmert is also the son of former Jerusalem Mayor and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. He has dined with Presidents, and their families, and opens up to us about his drive to create and make a lasting impact.

Yael Shafrir is the Chief Marketing Officer of Meet in Place, a global network of innovative meeting spaces designed for an urban boutique hospitality experience. The Meet in Place philosophy is rooted in meeting science, as every design feature and amenity offered serves a unique purpose to make meetings as productive as possible. Prior to this role, Yael Shafrir was the Vice President of International Partnerships at Disney-backed storytelling platform, Playbuzz. In this role, she oversaw the creation of international growth opportunities within strategic markets, to execute the company's evolvement strategy.  Yael boasts a strong background in business development within the realm of digital media, where she has utilized her past as a journalist and content specialist.  Prior to her role at Playbuzz, Yael was VP of Business Development for Trendline Group where she focused on the company's cross-media activity, using its digital assets to grow its tangible business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is different. On so many levels. For instance, we usually interview founders/marketers/growth functions within startups. This time, we have Daniel (Danny) Cohen, a general partner at Viola Ventures. Yup, we’re going to the investor's side. It’s also not an ordinary episode because Danny Cohen is all but the ordinary investor type that comes to mind when you think “investors” Being one of the outstanding B2C investors in Israel, his investment interests include Consumer Internet, e-Commerce and Digital Media. He serves on the board of Lucky Fish, Playbuzz, Puls, Splacer, Maapilim, Deep, Lightricks, and Origami Logic. He was also on the board of Tapingo (acquired by Grubhub for $150M). Recently, Lightirkcs, one of the companies he’s been working with since their round A 5 years ago has reached a $1B valuation and it’s only climbing. In this episode, Danny, the Pearl Jam fan and investor talks all about what type of things he is looking for when investing in companies, the big difference between B2B and B2C investments and why a company with a marketer with a product background might score more points than a classically trained marketer. If you’re a b2c company looking to get investments - listen closely

Time for some foolishness we couldn't fit in the main show... we're going to kick back and take a Playbuzz quiz. Y'know - like adults do in their free time.

It’s been a minute since we’ve been on the mic – but we’re back, baby! We get into our weekly thoughts, chat about our Niagara getaway and wedding dress shopping for Danica.This week we take a fun & light-hearted quiz all about what kind of couple we are. 10 questions around our relationship that we each have to agree on before moving on to the next question. Take the quiz here for yourself!Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review!Follow us on social media at @couple.of.thoughts to stay up to date with when new episodes are up!

Our second episode is out!  Margot, former Content Strategist at @Playbuzz, now Marketing Writer @Wix was with us to tell us her journey since she made Aliyah. Be prepared to learn a valuable lesson about how to market yourself, and enjoy it along the way!

Tom Pachys, COO and Co-Founder of the popular content creator, Playbuzz, is not what you would call a self-made man.Ask him that 20 years ago and he might have said otherwise.In this episode, Tom gives credit and thanks to his Mother for shaping him in to the man he has become.We talk about the past, present, and future; and the wisdom that nobody truly has done it all themselves. We break down traditions and rituals as they have passed down from Israel through to the way Tom raises his children and runs his current company.Less than 6 years old, and already $60 Million in funding, Tom's company is already the most shared content publisher on Facebook, responsible for millions of shares per month. Please enjoy learning how this extremely successful founder dives deep in gratitude and thanks to his Mother.

In episode 10 I sit down with Shaul Olmert Co-founder & CEO of Playbuzz and learn how a deep introspective look at his career had him start Playbuzz. So how does a kid from Jerusalem who started out as a teacher end up creating and running one of the largest content creation companies in the market? It all started back as a teach where he met his co-founder and former student Tom Pachys and years of working at startups, entertainment companies, gaming companies and the growing frustration with where his career path was going. By taking a deep look at himself and his career Shaul realized that he needed to follow his passion and create something, which led to Playbuzz. Shaul opens up on the many challenges he faced from almost running out of money early on, doubling down when the future looked bleak and how success happened by accident early on. Most impressive though was the loyalty he showed to his first lead investor Danny Cohen from Viola ventures (formerly Carmel Ventures) who gave them terms before they saw any traction and easily could have gotten better terms after their viral success on their demo product led them to see over 20M users on their site within 4 months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

De båda pedagogerna är tillbaka med ännu ett kaffedoftande avsnitt om allt möjligt eller rent av ingenting. Fokus ligger på vad EU har kommit fram till krävs för att man ska vara en digitalt kompentent lärare. Som vanligt blir det även en del tips, såsom Playbuzz, lite Google-nytt och sommarens hetaste (eller inte) musik-tjänst Digimix. Det mesta är sig alltså likt. Det blir ett samtal om skola, digitala vektyg och lite annat. 

Shaul Olmert. He’s the cofounder and CEO of Playbuzz, an award-winning, storytelling platform that empowers publishers, brands, and agencies worldwide to create interactive content for editorial and commercial purposes. The world’s top publishers and brands worldwide use Playbuzz's desktop and mobile-friendly storytelling tools to improve audience engagement, optimize social sharing, increase site traffic and lengthen page-viewing time. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – N/A What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Evernote How many hours of sleep do you get?— 4 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Shaul would have told himself that everybody else in the world is as clueless as he is   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:40 – Nathan introduces Shaul to the show 02:25 – Playbuzz is a platform that helps make one’s storytelling more compelling and engaging 03:10 – Playbuzz's tools are completely free for publishers 03:20 – Playbuzz currently has tens of thousands of publishers 03:24 – Playbuzz has market leaders using their toolset 03:46 – Playbuzz makes money when publishers opt-in to their monetization program 04:11 – Advertisers want to present their brands to the audience that is listening 04:54 – Playbuzz's revenue is in the dozens of millions on ad spent on the platform 05:18 – Playbuzz's volume is high and consistently growing 06:10 – Playbuzz manages the distribution of the content items which will benefit the publishers as well 07:00 – Nathan summarizes how he understands Playbuzz to work 07:50 – The brands create their content and Playbuzz shares them on their partnered website 08:16 – Playbuzz charges per view 08:35 – The charge depends on how long their content is being viewed or listened to 10:00 – Playbuzz is creating new ways to grow their engagement 10:37 – Playbuzz has two revenue streams 11:53 – Playbuzz has been around for 5 years and has been in the market for 3 years 12:36 – Playbuzz has 2 founders and 170 employees globally 12:54 – Playbuzz has raised a total of $31M 13:40 – Shaul shares what he thinks of Disney’s efforts in advertising 14:43 – “The more value we create, the more our value increases” 14:54 – Playbuzz is still burning capital and scaling up 15:10 – Playbuzz is constantly creating to optimize data 15:36 – The majority of the funds go to engineering, product and data 15:49 – Shaul believes that eventually they will win the war by having superior technology 16:50 – Shaul shares his take on using voice searches for collecting data 17:30 – Shaul is looking to take podcasts to a wider audience 19:15 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Content is KING. No matter how good your content is, if you can’t share it with an audience, it’s useless. Voice searches will change how we do advertising, and this change will happen soon.   Resources Mentioned: Simplero – The easiest way to launch your own membership course like the big influencers do but at 1/10th the cost. The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences GetLatka - Database of all B2B SaaS companies who have been on my show including their revenue, CAC, churn, ARPU and more Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

This week, Travis and Stewart interview the amazing Shaul Olmert, who has grown Playbuzz from scratch to an audience of over 80 million. He tells us what it takes to not only make that possible, but maintain the community he helped build. In the news, we talk about Samsung's developer conference and the new products that were announced at the event, plus a new study that shows marketers are getting it wrong when it comes to holiday season campaigns.

Shaul Olmert Show Notes Shaul Olmert is co-founder and CEO of award-winning storytelling platform, Playbuzz (http://www.playbuzz.com/) . Playbuzz empowers over 13,000 publishers, brands and agencies worldwide to author and distribute engaging content for editorial and commercial purposes via interactive storytelling tools. Most passionate about In a personal level, I’m passionate about this company. There is a big difference between being an executive and senior manager in an organization and owning your own company. I’ve always been very passionate about my work, felt very committed and worked around the clock. However owning your own company is different. I’m most passionate about having the complete sense of ownership knowing that it’s a company I started and I’m fully accounted for is a very different degree of that sense of devotion. From the business level we are operating in a very chaotic market. Constantly changing. What was true three months ago could be no longer exist. There is always something new. No meter how much you achieved there is always another opportunity, another challenge. I really like the pace of things when you are constantly need to challenge yourself. We should always ask ourselves not only where is the market but where do we think the market is going to be. In the past year we’ve transitioned from a product driven company to a sales driven company. We already proved to the market what Playbuzz provides and what are the benefits of our products. During the last year we also proved the commercial viability and model. Now it’s about scale; how can we do the same thing and make it a hundred times bigger. Playbuzz customers It’s always a process, generally our customers are brands and agencies that want to establish a meaningful dialog with their user base and potential consumers. Everyone will say they want a meaningful dialog with their users, we are focusing in those who are really demonstrating high commitment and willingness to invest in making the dialog more meaningful. Those that are willing to experience a new forms of media. At first we went after the very progressive young brands. Today even the ‘old school’ advertisers came to a point where they understand they have to create a different kind of content experience in order to have real engagements with the customers and not only exposed the brand to them. Shaul’s best advice about approaching the customer You need to separate what the customer wants and what you understand the customer needs. A year ago customers could say “Create me a campaign that will generate a lot of Facebook likes”, today they realized that Facebook likes are a means not a goal. Many startups are trying to serve any requirements of their customers but they are not helping the customers. We have to direct the customers to a place that will be beneficial for them. Company differentiation Playbuzz is a platform that enables people to create meaningful visual content. The content that created with Playbuzz tends to be more effective. The goal is to leave a higher mark, to create high engagement. Playbuzz is focusing in bringing the biggest value to our customers. Biggest failure with a customer It goes back to the “following the customers requires” issue. At the beginning Playbuzz were eager to win the business market so we were trying to serve every request and were willing to say yes to whatever comes up. The challenge is to show your customer where the biggest value is for them. What I regret the most is that in the first few deals I found myself deviating from the original core values of Playbuzz in order to win the immediate deal. Biggest success due to the right customer approach The one common mistake is not to be 100 percent transparent about your stage of technology development. I’m proud we didn’t do that and that’s created a lot of trust factors with our first commercial partner who was

This is a fun episode where we figure out who would be our favorite student to teach at Hogwarts and why.  You may not expect who we pick! This subject was inspired by this Playbuzz article and  John Spencer's podcast as well. Music By The Passion HiFi www.thepassionhifi.com

איל לביא הוא שף ישראלי שמתמחה בדגים ופירות ים. אחרי שנים שבהן עבד במסעדות ברחבי תל אביב הוא פתח שורה של מסעדות מצליחות, ביניהן ״בר פירות ים״, ״פסטיס״ ובשנים האחרונות היה השף והיוצר של מסעדת ״רוקח 73״. בשנה החולפת, אחרי ש״רוקח״ נסגרה, איל יועץ ועוזר לעסקים קולינריים להשתפר. הוא גר בתל אביב, נשוי ואב לשלושה ילדים. הפרק מוגש בחסות חברת Playbuzz, שחוץ מלארח אותנו במשרדים שלהם כל שבוע מחפשים עכשיו מעצבי UI/UX שיצטרפו אליהם ויבנו את הדור הבא של מוצרים מדליקים שהם מפתחים. על מה דיברנו: דגים, שרימפס, מסעדות, מבקרים, שפים-סלבס, כבד אווז, טונה אדומה, אוכל סיני, פסטות, קינוחים, תכניות בישול, תכניות ריאליטי, פליטי ריאליטי, איל שני, חיים כהן, ניר צוק, שגיא כהן ועוד המון דברים. קישורים מומלצים: המשרה בפלייבאז לארוס צחי בוקששתר חמיס טאיזו שצ'ופק רק היום אסף גרניט בטלוויזיה פורט סעיד גוצ'ה רטטוי פסקדו גריג יקב סוסון ים Civil War Watchmen

The kings of viral reveal their secrets to the throne. An exclusive chat with Shaul Olmert, Playbuzz's CEO, about going viral and the new age of content.

Chris and Laci discuss several topics to help you understand how to promote your own business through networking and social outreach as well as branding and changing midstream.   Here is a taste of what to expect from today's show:   Chris and Laci riff on their friend Jimmy O. Yang who is making big waves in the Hollywood scene. Laci discusses Geoffrey Holder, the actor, dancer, choreographer, who passed away. On a soapbox rant, Laci declares her disgust for artists that sample music and turn it into crap. PlayBuzz, a 10 month old website is beating BuzzFeed at their own game. Check out the article here! 113 Year Old Woman Lies about her age to join Facebook. Check out the article here! Laci and Chris discuss people in the online world that decide to take a break from social media and the effect that it can have on your business. Chris discusses the process of reaching out to people through social media or via email to promote your own business/project. Learn how to properly reach out to podcasters, bloggers, influencers, or ANYONE to help to promote your product or business! Have you seen people change branding mid-stream with no real rhyme or reason? Listen to Chris and Laci break down branding strategy and why NOT to change it mid-stream.   SPECIAL MENTIONS | LINKS | SHOUTOUTS   Check out our friend Jimmy O. Yang and be on the lookout for him on your TV screens! Check out the special Episode 100 video that Laci surprised Chris with! Click here to get access to three examples of outreach email templates to help with your relationship building and networking! Learn more about Next Level of Society here!