How I Discovered Lior Weizman
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I met Lior Weizman last week at an evening of one hundred bright-eyed Israeli “Taglit” volunteers. Taglit is the Hebrew name for the Birthright program. But its literal translation is “discovery”. So you might say that I discovered Lior Weizman.
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Lior is a busy guy. He is “Startups and Developers Ecosystem Manager, Israel” for a company called IBM. It seems like a very serious job. Lior gave a general talk on the startup ecosystem in Israel. I am in the ecosystem, and still learned a great deal. Chapeau to Lior!
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Lior was the first presenter. Most senior people like to give their talks and then leave the premises, ignoring the other speakers. In contrast, Lior stayed throughout the evening and listened attentively to the talks (myself included, I hope). That was a good sign. At the end of the evening, he stood and talked to young entrepreneurs. Another sign.
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Lior talked about “firgun” which is a word that doesn’t exist in English. It is kind of “sticking up for somebody, putting a good word in”, but it’s more than that. I’m glad that there is one day a year that everyone celebrates firgun. But I had a feeling that Lior celebrates firgun on a daily basis.
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Lior talked about the Startup Stadium. After my presentation he offered to write a piece for this influential group. I never expected him to live up to his promise. But he did! Within days. Here it is!
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Most of the people you meet tell you this, offer you that, but don’t come through. Lior appears to be a rare breed of guy who goes out of his way to help others. We need more people like him in this cynical world of ours. Just saying.
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Published: Aug 2, 2016
Latest Revision: Aug 2, 2016
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