Is Israeli Directness Killing Your Startup? ft. Helen Gottstein of Loud and Clear

Helen Gottstein of Loud and Clear Training helps founders, CEOs, and executives communicate more effectively in meetings, interviews, and presentations.

In this episode of IsraelTech, Helen joins Yoel to discuss how Israeli communication differs from American and other business cultures, and why habits that feel natural in Israel can create the wrong impression abroad.

They discuss:

- How Israeli founders should approach their first investor meeting

- Why respect and ambition can exist in the same conversation

- What international business leaders may find surprising about Israelis

- Why interrupting can hurt a professional conversation

- How long a founder story should take

- Why presenters should create two different pitch decks

and more.

Watch the full interview and subscribe to IsraelTech for more conversations with the people shaping Israel’s technology ecosystem.

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00:00 Israeli communication in business

01:20 Why capable people still struggle to present

03:15 Israeli directness across cultures

08:00 Preparing for an American investor meeting

12:00 Meeting Israeli investors

15:40 Why Israelis need to stop interrupting

20:40 What presentation coaching changes

25:00 Technology and the human presenter

30:00 Why founders need two pitch decks

34:25 How to network at a conference

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