GV Exchange: Leading Israeli Teams with Nimrod Margalit

Date and time: Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 6 to 7 pm Israel Standard Time (UTC+2)

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Top tips and tricks on how to lead teams in Israel.

GV Exchange- Share What You Know

A series of virtual events created and executed by our community members to build relationships, provide real value and help participants achieve their professional goals.

Today’s Topic: Leading Israeli Teams

Leading teams in Israel can, and will be, a different game. What is it like to lead an Israeli team or a Project in Israel?

How is it different from other countries?

How can you prepare yourself for this?

In this leadership webinar, we bring a guest speaker, Nimrod Margalit, a Lead Product Manager at Wix. He will cover hints, tips and anecdotes of leading teams in Israel, and how it’s different from other countries.

This Q & A session will be hosted by Gvahim alumnus and volunteer Matthew Lewis.

We recommend to have questions prepared prior to the event.

What will you learn?

Preparation for leading teams and projects in Israel.

Who is Nimrod Margalit?

Nimrod grew up in Silicon Valley and started coding at the age of 10. Currently, Nimrod is leading the Wix Domains group with revenues of over $40M annually and maintaining a 25-30% yearly growth rate. His strong-suit is a combination of people management skills and a rich technological background. Building great products is all about inspiring a team to truly love the product and being passionate about the users who consume it.

Gvahim is committed to encouraging aliyah and to enabling career and business success for new immigrants supporting their integration in Israel.

Gvahim’s career arm offers two programs: a 1-month career development program in Jerusalem, and an individual based track in Tel Aviv. Both provide their participants/alumni with lectures and workshops; 1-on-1 career consultation, ongoing mentorship; benefits; introductions to potential employers; and networking opportunities

Gvahim’s entrepreneurial arm offers two programs: a 5-month startup accelerator in Ashdod, and 5-week intensive business acceleration programs in Tel Aviv. Both provide their participants/alumni with lectures and workshops; ongoing mentorship; benefits; introductions to potential investors; and networking opportunities.

In addition, Gvahim offers two pre-aliyah programs: a series comprising three 90-minute workshops on the Israeli job market, and a specialized software engineers program that provides career services.