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Shai Agassi. An EV trail blazer, energy disruptor, charismatic presenter of ideas and opportunities...and someone I'm very proud to call a friend. These days he's a young entrepreneurs dream mentor, having ridden the roller coaster in spectacular fashion, so we talk a bit about that. Inevitably we talk a bit about what battery swap was - almost one and a half decades ago - and what it's return looks like today.      He also talks about the code recently installed in many of us...

The California-born Brian Blum moved with his family to Israel in 1994. Once there, he merged his twin loves of technology and writing and became a business journalist, and his work appears throughout the country. In 2012, he and his family became enamored with an Israeli electric car startup called Better Place. The company had an ingenious idea. Ten years ago, Better Place CEO Shai Agassi was on list after list of the world's most innovative young entrepreneurs. He appeared on magazine covers and was invited all over the world to present his vision for the future of electric cars. In a sense, Shai Agassi was Elon Musk before Elon Musk. Agassi's company had an audacious plan. At the time, people were reluctant to buy electric cars because they were afraid the battery wouldn't last all the way to their destination. Sure, they could do short errands, but what if they wanted to drive long distances? How would they charge their car? And more to the point, even if they could charge their car, they'd have to wait several hours for the battery to work again. (Plug-in technology for fast charging at an affordable price didn't exist yet.) Agassi's Better Place company had a solution. Brian Blum was a Better Place customer and decided to write a book about the company. In this week's episode, we visit Blum's Jerusalem home to discuss the Better Place story. Plus: The bizarre reason why most people who bought the car – including Blum – had to return it. For behind the scenes access to our show, including sneak peeks of future episodes, please join the "Our Friend from Israel" Facebook group. For additional notes, photos and a transcript of this episode, please visit www.ourfriendfromisrael.com.

The California-born Brian Blum moved with his family to Israel in 1994. Once there, he merged his twin loves of technology and writing and became a business journalist, and his work appears throughout the country. In 2012, he and his family became enamored with an Israeli electric car startup called Better Place. The company had an ingenious idea. Ten years ago, Better Place CEO Shai Agassi was on list after list of the world's most innovative young entrepreneurs. He appeared on magazine covers and was invited all over the world to present his vision for the future of electric cars. In a sense, Shai Agassi was Elon Musk before Elon Musk. Agassi's company had an audacious plan. At the time, people were reluctant to buy electric cars because they were afraid the battery wouldn't last all the way to their destination. Sure, they could do short errands, but what if they wanted to drive long distances? How would they charge their car? And more to the point, even if they could charge their car, they'd have to wait several hours for the battery to work again. (Plug-in technology for fast charging at an affordable price didn't exist yet.) Agassi's Better Place company had a solution. Brian Blum was a Better Place customer and decided to write a book about the company. In this week's episode, we visit Blum's Jerusalem home to discuss the Better Place story. Plus: The bizarre reason why most people who bought the car – including Blum – had to return it. For extra notes, photos and a complete transcript of this episode, please visit www.ourfriendfromisrael.com.

In 2007, long before Tesla and Elon Musk became household names, a thirty-nine-year-old Israeli tech entrepreneur by the name of Shai Agassi came out with an announcement that rattled the world: He was going to revolutionize transportation, make countries oil-free by 2020, and curb the effects of climate change. Agassi hoped to put millions and millions of drivers, all around the globe, behind the wheel of an inexpensive electric car, with virtually unlimited range. And that, he told anyone who would listen, was going to make the world a “Better Place.” The music in this episode includes original tracks composed and performed by David Peretz, as well as music by Blue Dot Sessions, Jason Shaw and Audionautix, Kevin MacLeod and Royal Free Sound, Bird Creek, Twin Musicom, Chris Zabriskie and Bensound. The final song, “Mechonit,” is by Mashina. The episode was edited by Julie Subrin and mixed by Sela Waisblum. Stay connected with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and by signing up for our newsletter at israelstory.org/newsletter/. For more, head to our site or Tablet Magazine.

In Episode 32 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I interview Evan Thornley, Co-founder of Looksmart. Evan has spent most of the last 20 years pioneering the startup scene in Australia. He was the cofounder of Looksmart which was Australia's first NASDAQ-listed high tech company, which listed with an initial market cap of $1.2B, with a peak market cap of $14B. He was also the CEO of Better Place Australia, an audacious project that sought to provide the charging infrastructure to enable the mass adoption of electric cars around the world. It raised over $900m in venture capital from top-tier investors including GE, HSBC, Israel Corporation and Vantage Point Venture Partners In the interview Evan shares how to assess risk and identify the right opportunities, the best way to fund your business and the importance of being authentic. Show notes: - Looksmart - GetUp - Better Place - TedX Melbourne - Evan Thornley (Building a beautiful organisation to do something insanely great) - Seek - Atlassian - Martin Hosking - Redbubble - Shai Agassi - Dan Cohen - Antony Cohen - Alison Terry - Elon Musk - Evan Thornley (email) Feedback/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – personal) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Click here to listen on iTunes Click here to listen on Stitcher The post Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities appeared first on Startup Playbook.

Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO, Better Place, discusses his thoughts on Innovation at the Global Leadership Summit 2012. The Global Leadership Summit is the London Business School's flagship event for its global community. http://www.london.edu

Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO, Better Place, discusses his thoughts on Innovation at the Global Leadership Summit 2012. The Global Leadership Summit is the London Business School's flagship event for its global community. http://www.london.edu

The story of Shai Agassi and his revolutionary "Better Place" start-up...How it happened, how the system works, why it's better than hybrids... The first step towards eliminating the world's need for arab oil?... Also...The Dutch parliament takes the first step towards banning kosher meat in The Netherlands...What does this mean to the Jews?...Is there possibly a higher message being sent here?... Plus...Shakira...Banned in Egypt?...Why?...Because she visited Israel!...Welcome to the new Spring-time arab democracy in Egypt... All this and more on The Marty Roberts Show

Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO, Better Place, discusses his thoughts on Innovation at the Global Leadership Summit 2011

Willkommen bei Fahrradio, Nr. 8 – aufgenommen am 7.1.2011 in Thomas Küche in Stuttgart. Podcast online hören    Kein Player zu sehen? Klick‘ den Download-Link Quellen und Links: * Alle Links immer online bei www.delicious.com/tag/fahrradio. * Bücher und Medien auf dem fahrradio-Wunschzettel bei amazon.de * Videos bei Youtube  Politik und Verkehr * Am 30. Dezember 2010 gab’s den Schlichterspruch zu Stuttgart 21. Deine Meinung. Heiner Geissler sagte: Wenn ihr es nicht so erklären könnt, dass ich es verstehe, habt ihr es selbst nicht verstanden. Sehr informativ auch die Videos des Elektrischen Reporters zum Thema Netzneutralität für das ZDF  * Die Zukunft des Systems „Auto“. Mobilität, Open Source und das Web * Carlos Ghosn bei der LeWeb in Paris. Dort war auch Bertrand Picard (Solarflugzeug) und Shai Agassi von Better Place * OpenSource-Autos 40fires – erste Entwicklung  * cyclecious Open Source-Fahrradkarten mit Google-Karten, OpenStreetMap und Mapquest. Das sieht besser aus, als die Radwegekarten, die ich sonst so kenne (z. B. der NRW Radroutenplaner. Technik und Design * Lastenradfotos von Alain Delorme * Zeitschriften: Spoke Ausgabe 2 und Radmarkt bike Shop News * fahrstil nr. 3 – Träume * Was will  * Floow. Gibt’s auch mit Dach. Firmenwebsite mit viel Flash und wenig Aussage. * 40fires Riversimple bauen ein Open Source-Auto mit Creative Commons Lizenz * Liegerad-Schneemobil– Tret-Skibob. Das immerwährende Thema der alternativen Schneefahrzeuge * Müsing mit neuer Website und lahmem Konfigurator. Trek macht das wesentlich besser mit dem Projekt 1. Hier ist jede Änderung zu sehen. * Sinclair X1 – Ein ziemlich konventionelles Liegerad mit Hut. * Stringbike Ein blödes Fahrrad ohne Kette, dafür mit extrem aufwendiger Ersatztechnik. Sport * Micro-Scooter gegen BMX Australische Fahrradfirma zahlt 100 Dollar für deinen alten Roller. Was wir verpasst haben * Hallenradsport-WM 2010 in Stuttgart Hier die Ergebnisse, alle Videos beom Bikeballer2000 * Vamos a la Playa Stuttgart-Barcelona-Fixed. Mit

Shai Agassi: A Better Model? Founder and CEO, Better Place In conversation with Greg Dalton, Founder, Climate One INFORUM’s Next 21st Century Visionary Award Shai Agassi wants to tip a $3 trillion market – the market for miles. Agassi, the CEO and Founder of Better Place, said he plans to end oil’s stranglehold on the global economy by offering consumers access to miles in electric cars that will be cheaper,and more convenient, than the gasoline-powered cars they replace. Most large and startup automakers are scrambling to make electric cars but Better Place is taking a decidedly different, and risky, approach. It is partnering with Renault and China’s Chery to deliver electric cars with batteries that can be swapped at new robot-powered stations. By taking the battery out of the up-front purchase price and essentially leasing it to drivers as a monthly service, he aims to offer electric cars that are at least $3,000 to $5,000 less to purchase than a comparable gas car and will be cheaper to drive each mile. “The price of oil keeps going up, the price of batteries keeps going down, the life of batteries is improving,” Agassi said. A few cars are on the road now in Tokyo and dozens are slated to be tested in Israel later this year. Will battery swapping take off? Will it flop? Or will it be just another niche? Agassi forwards his bold vision for the arrival of electric cars for the mass market. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on July 12, 2010

Home to a worldwide summit on climate change in early December, Denmark is setting a global example in creating clean power, storing it, and using it responsibly. Their reliance on wind power to produce electricity without contributing to global warming is well known, but now they're looking to drive the point home with electric cars. To do this, they've partnered with social entrepreneur Shai Agassi and his company Better Place. NOW investigates how the Danish government and Better Place are working together to put electric cars into the hands of as many Danish families as possible. The idea is still having trouble getting out of the garage here in America, but Denmark could be an inspiration. Will so much green enthusiasm bring about a "Copenhagen Protocol"? This show is part of a series on social entrepreneurs at work that we call "Enterprising Ideas."

Corporate energy fighting for and against the climate Edition #305 Act 1: James Hansen is arrested during MTR protest - Ring of Fire Act 2: Cloudy with a chance of heat balls - Daily Show Act 3: The fake cost of Obama's energy policy - Counterspin Act 4: News of the warm - Le Show Act 5: Exxon named the green company of the year - Ring of Fire Act 6: Shai Agassi on electric cars - Colbert Report Act 7: Interview with Joe Romm - Counterspin Act 8: Wood Nymphs working to reduce dependence on foreign dew drops - The Onion Act 9: More forged letters for pro-coal lobby - Ring of Fire Act 10: Is Inhofe stupid or just corrupt - The Young Turks Music: Why does the sun shine? - They might be giants Hey ya! - Outkast Tell me a lie - Griffin House Scenic world - Beirut Carefree - The Refreshments Why does the sun really shine? - They might be giants Fluffy little clouds - The Orb Con Cassidy's and Neil Gow's Highlands/Moil and Tiarna/McSweeney's Reel - Alton Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about the contents of the June issue, including articles on the evolution of cats and the physiology of sled dogs. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news

Opening Remarks Ikhlaq Sidhu, Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Shankar Sastry, Dean of the College of Engineering Lesa Mitchell, Vice President, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Session 1: Energy and Technology Moderator: Todd Woody, Senior Editor, Fortune Magazine author of the Green Wombat Blog Oil Independence via Sustainable Mobility Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO, Better Place Thermoelectrics for Efficient Energy Arunava Majumdar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Affordable Zero Energy Home Tom Siebel, Chairman, First Virtual Group

Opening Remarks Ikhlaq Sidhu, Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Shankar Sastry, Dean of the College of Engineering Lesa Mitchell, Vice President, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Session 1: Energy and Technology Moderator: Todd Woody, Senior Editor, Fortune Magazine author of the Green Wombat Blog Oil Independence via Sustainable Mobility Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO, Better Place Thermoelectrics for Efficient Energy Arunava Majumdar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Affordable Zero Energy Home Tom Siebel, Chairman, First Virtual Group

Shai Agassi Founder and CEO   Shai Agassi is the founder and CEO of Better Place, a company focused on the early 21st century’s biggest challenge - a scalable and sustainable personal transportation system. In this role, Agassi works directly with governments, finance, automobile manufacturers and technology companies to install, scale, and operate a regional and global infrastructure necessary for electronic vehicles.

Shai Agassi Founder and CEO   Shai Agassi is the founder and CEO of Better Place, a company focused on the early 21st century’s biggest challenge - a scalable and sustainable personal transportation system. In this role, Agassi works directly with governments, finance, automobile manufacturers and technology companies to install, scale, and operate a regional and global infrastructure necessary for electronic vehicles.

To get an inside look at the key developments from SAP TechEd 2007, Jon Reed sat down with Krishna Kumar of Enterprise Horizons. Krishna was a presenter at TechEd 2007, and he is becoming a thought leader in the SAP community in terms of how to get a real return on investment from eSOA and Enterprise Services. As a technical visionary who has watched SAP's product line evolve for many years, Krishna has a knack for breaking down SAP technology in simple and precise terms. Jon turned to Krishna to help sort through what was real and what was hype at TechEd 2007. The goal of the podcast was to place the events of TechEd 2007 in the context of SAP's "Enterprise SOA" technology stack. SAP is clearly staking its future on eSOA, but what does that mean to the SAP project team and the SAP consultant? Is eSOA just hype and if it's for real, what consulting skills will be needed to succeed in the "eSOA era"? And how will SAP's Business Objects acquisition, which occurred immediately following Tech Ed, affect these trends and the future of SAP overall? In this thirty-six minute interview, Jon and Krishna cover these issues and more, including: - The focus of Enterprise Horizons and the specifics of Krishna's SAP background. - Krishna's take on the main themes of Tech Ed 2007, such as: the emphasis on BI and analytics, the surprising level of emphasis on eSOA over SAP's core business functionality, and the obvious absence of Shai Agassi. - Why SAP has shifted its focus from emphasizing exposing its core apps as eSOA services as opposed to looking at the core business processes such as order fulfillment, financials, and supply chain management. Krishna explains that was what missing was a clear demonstration by SAP on the business value and return on investment of eSOA. - The Business Objects acquisition, which took place after TechEd and which to some degree dwarfed all of the TechEd news announcements. Krishna shares his thoughts on the BO purchase, including the challenge of integrating the BO code base into SAP, and why the BO acquisition is of "monumental importance" to eSOA. Krishna explains that this will accelerate the trend of exposing analytics as services and leveraging connections to outside partners. - The SAP BBD (Business By Design) announcement, and why Krishna has a cautious take on Software as a Service (SaaS). Krishna also explains why this current evolution of SaaS may be more successful than the previous ASP models due to the impact of the "Internet Cloud." Krishna also describes how a BBD customer might be able to expose a service through an "on demand" platform, and why eSOA is integral to an on-demand solution. - Krishna gives his perspective on why the evolution to a "Business Process Consultant" is important to SAP, and why he thinks that the distinction between functional and technical SAP professionals was always a false dichotomy. Krishna tells us why the ideal SAP consultant has always had a functional and technical skills combination. - Krishna then details what skills functional and technical consultants need to pursue in order to remain relevant to the SAP software of the future. Krishna talks about the end of the silo functional consultant, and why functional consultants need to understand the Internet touch points of service enablement. Krishna also talks about how Business Intelligence and NetWeaver fit into the technical skills picture. Soon, the technical consultant will have to learn to talk business or "become a dinosaur." There is time to act, however, as Krishna believes this will be a "slow metamorphosis." - Jon asks Krishna about how the SAP customer base should perceive eSOA, given that SAP often hypes its new solutions to the point that customers can become jaded. Krishna has a provocative viewpoint on this: he believe that when it comes to transactional ERP systems, service enablement and SOA is indeed overhyped, almost to the degree of the dotcom hype. Then, Krishna explains why the real payoff for eSOA is through analytics, and that this is where the real eSOA payoff will be. - Krishna tells us how best-of-breed Internet content "mashups" are the real "killer app" of the eSOA era, and how they can be tied back into ERP-based analytical applications. - Jon asks Krishna if you truly have to invest in the latest SAP releases and all the expenses and organizational change involved in moving to eSOA, or if you can get started on earlier releases. Krishna explains that SAP customers can dabble in eSOA at almost any point, because it's really just "RFC on steroids," but that to truly build an effective eSOA landscape and consume and publish a range of services, you will eventually need to be running NetWeaver and ERP 5.0/6.0 and beyond. - In the final segment of the podcast, Jon asks Krishna to use his company's product to illustrate a very important point: how companies can tie in best-of-breed Internet content providers into their BW/BI analytics engine in order to get a powerful visual grasp of key business planning and ROI functions. Jon tells Krishna that Home Depot, one of the most advanced SAP eSOA customers, has used a similar "mashup solution" to take advantage of BI/BW data and content from third parties that would be cost-prohibitive to develop internally. - Jon asks Krishna about the minimum requirements needed to use a product like his company offers, and we learn that the minimum requirements are simply BW 3.x onward, in a nutshell. This is an example of how there might be a different enterprise services roadmap, that would focus on Business Intelligence, and then leverage that data and mash it up - without worrying about the cost and challenge of service-enabling core ERP transactions. - Krishna provides a "market demographics" example of how an eSOA service could be "mashed up" for real business value. - Jon asks Krishna to illustrate why these visually oriented "spatial analytics" can provide a much more powerful business case for eSOA that executives can understand and grasp much more quickly than a detailed white paper. He asks Krishna about the example of using demographic mashups to analyze which neighborhoods are viable for a retail store expansion. As Krishna says, this is the "true power of eSOA," beyond the hype.

Shai Agassi discusses his entrepreneurial journey from the enterprise software industry to his current work in clean energy. In the process, he describes the "physics of startups", drawing parallels between principles of business and the laws of physics. He emphasizes the importance of acting on an idea before it's adopted by the mainstream and navigating the inevitable uncertainties that can result in success or failure.