10 Aug Currency Exchange Pricing Made Easy and Transparent
Tune into our latest podcast interviewing Ari Dobner, CEO of Clearshift on the newest exchange pricing. What is it that you are missing when converting a foreign currency to or...
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10 Jun What Is The Connection Between Houston and Kathmandu?
What is the connection between Houston and Kathmandu , you may ask ? I spent a few days this week visiting my sister, a long time resident of Houston, and...
08 Apr Investing in an Uncertain World
What is the best investment strategy to follow given this macro-economy in Europe, US and Israel? In this episode we interview a dear and charismatic colleague of ours, founding partner at...
29 Mar Passover 5775
One year ago today, my late father fell and broke his hip. That fall ultimately led to his demise 3 months later at the age of 90 1/2. My father was...
20 Mar The Israeli startup that acquired Serbian Games Development Studio
Tune in to this week’s podcast interviewing Vic Boaron – head of business development at TabTale– The Israeli start up that acquired Serbian games development studio. Learn about your kids mobile playing habits...
08 Feb The power of electric vehicles
What car will you be driving next? It is estimated that by 2020, more than 20 percent of all new vehicles sold will be electric and that almost 20 million EVs...
04 Feb Go East Young Man
When I was a young boy growing up in Chicago, going to the East Side meant you ended up in Lake Michigan. In fact, until I was in my teens, I had never...
25 Jan Outlook on Financial Market
Tune into this weeks podcast interviewing Daniel Fink, senior analyst at Sweetwood Capital. 2015 has started with much volatility, a soaring dollar, weakening euro, oil prices 50% below last summer’s prices...
02 Jan Valens- 3rd place in FAST 50 in Israel
We are excited to launch our new podcast series for 2015. Our first episode begins with Zvika Lifschitz, CFO of one of Israel’s fastest growing technology companies- Valens. Tune in and...
18 Oct SOS Israel App
NowForce offers personal safety apps, cloud-based computer aided dispatch, and mobile response tools for campus security, private security, and public safety organizations, enabling reduced response times. Tune in to this week’s podcast to learn about the SOS...
01 Oct Solar energy, Israeli Presidency and lots of in between
Tune into this week’s podcast interviewing Yosef Abromowitz to learn more about solar energy and the impact investor, activist and former candidate for the Israeli Presidency. Enjoy....
21 Sep The Climb-Rosh Hashana 5775
When I was a kid, my late grandmother used to watch a soap opera called “The Days of Our Lives”. The show would open with some dramatic music and a narrator...
13 Aug The Future of the Water Industry
What do high-tech, water and professional basket-ball have in common? Tune in to this week’s podcast interviewing our dear friend Assaf Barnea- CEO of Kinrot Ventures and learn why Israel is...
10 Aug From Dream to Reality
This week Philip interviews 4 out of the 5 hottest startups in Jerusalem: What their products are about, how they got motivated and why Jerusalem is THE city for Start...
08 Jul OVDI – a term you should know more about
How to avoid a serious tax penalty with the new offshore voluntary disclosure initiative? As you might know, foreign bank accounts will start reporting to the IRS providing data about their...
10 May Great Time to be Alive
Tune in to this weeks podcast and get to know Bob Rosenschein- one of Israel’s leading entrepreneurs. We enjoyed hearing his positive take on working hard, having fun and what...
04 May Businesses Saving in Currency Exchange
Join us on this week’s podcast interviewing veteran banker, Jeff Balsam to find out about the most common mistakes businesses make when having cash flow problems, where you should turn to when making that...
30 Apr Joseph Gitler on Leket Israel
Statistics reveal that a quarter of Israelis are living in poverty; among them are 850,000 hungry children. Yet, at the same time, literally hundreds of thousands of tons of perfectly...
08 Apr Major Changes in Residential Real Estate
Israel has recently introduced major changes on how gains from residential real estate will be taxed. Were you mistaken to think you needed to sell your property before January 1st?...
08 Feb Breaking News | Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
Is the window starting to close for those foreign residents that have not yet entered into the IRS offshore voluntary disclosure program? The U.S. government is in the process of...
08 Feb All about BitCoin
Join Philip and Dave Wolf, partner at Hacohen Wolf Law Offices discuss BitCoin and it’s tax ramifications. Enjoy!...
08 Jan 2014 Outlook for Financial Market
What are the questions every investor needs to ask their potential portfolio manager and what went wrong with the pridictions beginning of 2013 regarding the Euro going down the tubes? Get a better understanding of...
29 Dec Year- End and 2014
We took the time to summarize relevant tax issues for 2013, as well as sharing some insight on 2014. Wishing you all a very good secular new year!...
28 Dec Start Ups- this one’s for you
We are very glad to interview Ben Wiener- entrepreneur-friendly venture enthusiast and founder of Jumpspeed, a micro-fund and venture accelerator based in Jerusalem. Ben co-founded his first start up in 1999 and...
13 Sep Predictions in the Hedge Fund Industry
We are very pleased to interview Max Karpel- an Attorney with Kleinberg and Kaplan. Max advises Israeli hedge fund managers in connection with U.S. activities as well as represents U.S....
31 Aug Tax Exemptions for Olim and Returning Residents
Tune in to our podcast interviewing Gidi Bar Zakai to learn about the latest changes in tax legislations and exemptions for Olim and returning residents....
16 Aug The Latest on Israeli Hi-tech Scene
Join Philip and Barry Levenfeld- a dear colleague, Partner at Yigal Arnon & Co. Law firm and one of the veterans of the Israeli hi-tech scene. Hear his take on...
31 Jul Reimbursement & Product Commercialization Strategies
How will Obamacare affect your company? Get a better understanding of the reimbursement analysis for new and evolving technologies across public and private payers by tuning in to this weeks podcast...
20 Jul Meier on Rothschild Tower
Philip interviews Yigal Zemah-Head of the Israeli Office of Berggruen Holdings. Find out more about the ground breaking Meier on Rothschild project receiving nomination from Forbes top 10 leading towers in the...
16 Jul The Latest Tech Trends
Tune in to “From the Midwest to the Middle East” and learn about the latest trends in the internet and mobile industry. Expert & tech blogger Hillel Fuld who contributes to sites such as The...
08 Jul Exclusive WAZE interview
Philip’s Exclusive interview with WAZE Co Founder, Amir Shinar. Tune in to learn about the Israeli navigation app startup which was just acquired by Google for $1.03 billion....
08 Jun Labor and Employment Matters with Eric Savage
Learn about the most common mistakes non U.S. corporations make when in the process of setting up a U.S. operation, and how to prevent employment issues in the future. Find out...
20 Feb The Story of VC Funds
Get a better understanding of the VC world by learning about the industry from the very first Israeli fund throughout the early 90’s, the growing years of the early 2000's and now by tuning in to...
08 Feb Israeli Pride; The High Tech Scene 2012
In a world that’s becoming more and more competitive, you need to know what’s in and what’s out. This time on “From the Midwest to the Middle East” we are proud...
08 Feb Venture Capital- 2013
A window into the investing world- What lies ahead-Israel, Europe, US and China. Tune in to “From the Midwest to the Middle East” and hear Philip discuss the future and current investing...
08 Feb Doing Business in China
Tune in to our podcast on doing business in China interviewing Richard Cant- Regional Director of the Yangtze River Delta Region for Dezan Shira & Associates to learn about the challenges...
15 Jan The Fiscal Cliff
Two main events marked the end of December: 1) Congress and The Obama Administration were battling over the future of the “Bush Tax Cuts” and 2) I was following the...
08 Jan Obama, Bush and The Fiscal Cliff
This time on “From the Midwest” Philip talks about what you should be thinking about regarding the fiscal cliff, expiring tax cuts, 2013 tax changes and more. Tune in....
08 Dec The Individual Investor
US citizens living in Israel- tune in and learn why despite the global orientation your investment and asset management services are not up to speed. See what 2013’s forecast has to offer and get insight from...
11 Oct “Promises, Promises”
Many of you may have missed the passing of Hal David a few weeks ago, at the age of 91. Mr. David wrote some of the most famous songs that...
08 May The Israeli Tax Scene
This time on “From the Midwest to the Middle East” a glimpse into the Israeli tax system. We enjoyed interviewing Iddan Dinai, a dear colleague and well known Israeli tax attorney....
08 Apr Israel’s Cleantech Industry
Taking advantage of Israel’s prominence as an innovative market leader in the Cleantech industry. Tune it to our podcast interviewing one of the premier players in the Cleantech industry, a dear...
10 Mar Investing in US Real Estate
Investors in U.S. real estate- this one’s for you. Listen to our podcast interviewing Jay Zwiebel, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Harbor Group Israel, to learn about what’s going on in...
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