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The Frum Entrepreneur is a podcast created for you, the Orthodox Jewish Entrepreneur, or Small Business Owner. If you are looking for inspiration, motivation, and ACTIONABLE advice during your daily commute, workout, or "me" time, Nachum Kligman delivers each and every episode. Episodes include interviews with successful Entrepreneurs who share their journey: Their failures, moments of Hashgacha Protis & Siyata Deshimaya, successes, and much more. Episodes will also include startup companies ...
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In this Episode Nachum has a conversation with Rabbi Hershel Praeger AKA Rabbi Fitness. The Coronavirus has affected so many people. In this Episode we cover the pivots Hershel has had to make to keep his business going while also preparing for the future. A must listen to for any personal trainers or those in a similar field. My contact info Rabbi…
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Our interview this week is with the CEO and Founder of SunHouse Marketing, which is a digital marketing firm based out of Beit Shemesh, Israel. Fran is an Olah from Toronto who came her in the late-90's with her husband and children. In this episode, Fran shares with us: - Important advice for Olim looking to start businesses - Insight into what a …
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Hello, fellow entrepreneurs. We're back and this week Alex interviews Nachum Kligman who is an oleh that lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel and made aliyah from Passaic, New Jersey. Nachum is the founder of the SaaS company Book Like a Boss, which allows business owners to keep their lives better organized. Book Like a Boss has done well over a mi…
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Stephanie Hodes is an Olah from South Africa who found the hiring process in Israel extraordinarily difficult. As a solution, she founded Urban Recruits, which works with olim to set them up at jobs that are right for them. They act as intermediaries between the applicant and the hiring company in order to ensure that all the cards are on the table…
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Welcome back everyone! We have returned and are better than ever. We are taking steps to providing you with the most valuable and useful content possible. This interview is with Brian Polonsky, an oleh from Los Angeles who formed his own head hunting firm. Brian came from a world of organizing 8-figure deals to having to start all over from a new c…
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This episode is something very special for you. Yoram is an artist who grew up in New Jersey, travelled all around Europe after college and finally landed in Israel. After a long journey of becoming an artist, getting married and raising four wonderful children, a fire burnt down Yoram's studio taking over 1,500 of his original paintings in the pro…
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First thing is first. Due to technical difficulties, this episode is not the greatest audio quality we've had. With that said, this episode is still full of wisdom and truth nuggets about being an entrepreneur in Israel, especially as an oleh. In this episode we dive into: - The beauty of the Israeli army and how it is a perfect place for entrepren…
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This is the story of an Oleh who found himself strapped for cash, no job and contemplating the possibility that Aliyah was a mistake. Instead of giving in, our interviewee, LiAmi, founded the organization Keep Olim which has 10's of thousands of members in their Facebook group from a mind-boggling 100 countries. In their own words, "KeepOlim is a n…
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Moises Zack is a senior mortgage consultant with the First Israel Mortgages firm based in the holy city of Jerusalem. Zack got his start in business by following in his father's footsteps in the diamond industry and made the career switch to helping people navigate the Israeli mortgage system some time ago. In this interview Moises gives us: - Very…
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Shlomo Mirvis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Intelligo Group , the world's leading AI powered background check company. Before starting Intelligo, Shlomo was a commander in the IDF and a lawyer. Shlomo is a child of Olim from South Africa and has inherited his South African accent while on Shlihut with his parents from age 6 months - 6 years old. In …
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Thank you all for coming back for another interview. This week is we are with Sacha Gorelik, an olah who came to Israel with her family when she was 14 years old, who is also a wife, mother and someone who runs her own company. Sacha specializes in writing copy for people selling on amazon that can help boost their sales and create a brand identity…
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Welcome back to another episode of Ascending: Olim Entrepreneurship Playbook. This week Alex interviews Aaron Applbaum who is a partner at MizMaa. Taken from MizMaa's website, "MizMaa is working with the deep technology innovators emerging from Israel’s high tech sector. We are providing long term investment capital, and years of investment, market…
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Welcome back everybody to Ascending: The Olim Entrepreneurship Podcast! This week, as hinted to in the title, Alex interviewed Yoni Kayman who is the founder and CEO of Magnum Bikes Inc. His company manufactures and distributes electric bikes and was actually the first electric bike company in Israel. Yoni actually comes from the background of bein…
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Thank you so much for stopping by! This week's episode is with Jeremy Welfeld, an Oleh from Washington DC who came to Israel with his wife and two kids. There are so many informative and inspiring things discussed in the interview, however one point that Jeremy stressed, perhaps above all others, was how big of a role patience played in his establi…
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Thank you so much for stopping by! This week's interview focuses on Jay Shultz, founder and president of the Am Yisrael Foundation. Some key points touched upon during our conversation were: - Why Tel-Aviv is the center of the Jewish world - The lacking of a sense of community in Israel and how he counteracts it - The integral role olim have played…
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Please enjoy this powerful episode with VC Michael Granoff of Maniv Mobility. In this episode we touch upon topics such as: - Israel's place in the VC ecosystem - The importance of developing clear energies particularly for transportation - Michael's role in Better Place, a revolutionary and ambitious company that looked to bring electric cars to I…
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Please enjoy this raw episode and insightful episode with Yoel Israel, CEO Wadi Digital. Some of the topics we covered: Why one should always be saying No to clients? How raising prices makes you a better service provider? Why Yoel moved back to Philadelphia for 3 years and invested in real estate in the Philly ghetto? How hiring an awesome digital…
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What an incredible episode! You will hear the story of Zalman Goldstein who is among other things a musician, publisher, author and communications director. Zalman is a brother to Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein from Chabad of Poway California and who’s shul was recently attacked. Zalman dived in and was key in crafting and coordinating communications betw…
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Duvi Honig is a powerhouse in the Frum Entrepreneur world! He is behind dozens of initiatives and for over a decade he has been focused on bringing jobs and helping entrepreneurs succeed to our community. He is the Founder of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce and is by far the best networker I have ever met. He has a never say no attitude and…
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Zeesha Littman is synonymous with marketing to the frum world. He lead growth for OnlySimchas.com and lead them to huge traffic and even more revenue! He has since launched his own company GoSimcha.com which is the ultimate database for everything you would need for any type of simcha or event. He also has launched the GoSimcha Podcast where he int…
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Get ready to be mojovated!! In this episode I interview Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union, one of the fastest growing private companies in America! We discuss everything from how he got started, his entrepreneurial family, how set-up your company for success and then an incredibly inspiring story on how he lost almost 100lbs and has kept it off! Thi…
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In this episode I interview Shalom Stark who is the CEO & Co-Founder of Invoice Ninja, a software company that has over 65,000 active users! What’s awesome is that I was using this software myself a year before I found out there were frum people behind it. They have a very small team and has been able to achieve unbelievable success without raising…
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Robert is the Program Director of The Jewish Entrepreneur, a non-profit organization whose mission it is to help Jewish owned businesses grow their revenue. The main way they do this is by pairing up mentors with businesses and entrepreneurs from around the world that can use the help. In this episode we dive in to the amazing ways this organizatio…
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In this episode I interview Daniel Gefen, author of the just released new book The Self Help Addict: Turn an overdose of information into a life of transformation. We cover so many things in this episode not just about his book, but about what it takes to be successful with anything in life. I even tell a story about bullying that I have never shar…
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In this episode I look at how filling a need is the best way to build a business. I specifically look at SaaS (Software as a Service) as the best type of business to launch today and why. I also go through the founding of Book Like A Boss while applying these principals. NAME: Nachum Kligman COMPANY: Book Like A Boss (Click for special discount as …
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In this fast pace interview with talk with Digital Media Guru and life long entrepreneur David Reckles. We talk a lot about Facebook Ads, Content Creation, lead generation and more in the online marketing space. We also talk a bit about his story from selling baseball cards online before there were internet browsers to His relationship with Rav Laz…
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From Brooklyn, NY to Ashland, Oregon to Guatemala and now in Eretz Yisroel, Joseph Bornstein has been passionate and involved in social causes since he was 17 years old. In this episode, we are inspired by his story that lead him to found CauseMatch which has raised more than $24,000,000 for organizations in less than 2 years. Learn the secrets of …
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I don’t know what I did good in this world in order to deserve the honor of interviewing the great Mike Fine, but I was extremely honored that he agreed to come on my show. Fresh off his hottest gig to date, the 40th anniversary Neveh Zion dinner, in this episode we discuss the business side of being a professional stand-up comedian and writer and …
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Talk about a successful niche market! Brian (Benyamin) Wallace is the Founder of NowSourcing Inc. One of the leaders in info graphic design. In this inspiring episode (Our 50th!) you will hear about Brian’s story starting of as a technology guru, starting his own media company and then pivoting into the info graphic industry. His info-graphics are …
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Known as the Jewish Jordan, Tamir Goodman was a Professional Basketball player that inspired thousands of Jewish youth showing them that they can reach the highest level of sports without sacrificing any levels of frumkeit. He played pro-ball while always wearing his kippa and his tzitzis and since his forces retirement due to injury is now inspiri…
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Do you love coffee? I mean really love coffee? Are you an Entrepreneur? Are you Frum? Well then you won’t want to miss this episode with Mendy Dalfin, Co-Founder of The Chosen Bean. In this interview we learn all about gourmet coffee and Mendy’s personal story as well as how he met his partner Moshe, the legend behind the Gourmet Coffee line and ho…
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Meet Zev Zalman “Z.Z.” Ludwick, owner of Ludwicks House of Violin out of Silver Spring, Maryland. His story will be sure to both fascinate and inspire you! From being one of the faces of Rock & Roll in the 80’s to becoming a Breslover Chassid today, Z.Z.’s story is one of triumph and redemption. Z.Z. repairs and now builds his own hand made violins…
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His heartfelt music may have propelled him to the upper echelons of the Jewish music business, but for Eitan Katz, music isn’t about fame, popularity or business. In this interview we hear Eitan’s thoughts on the Jewish music industry today, what he tells young people just starting out and what he really thinks about people who download music witho…
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This episode is a recording of a lecture that Nachum Kligman gave at Temech Business Center in Jerusalem titled: What Are the Roadblocks that are keeping you from a successful business? In this episode Nachum talks about how entrepreneurship is just a game on a larger platform. He talks about the different fears that may be holding you back from su…
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Come celebrate the launch of Nachum’s new book The Frum Entrepreneur as well as the BETA launch of his new software startup BookLikeABoss.com. Listen to his story and learn what lead him to start this podcast and what his mission is with the Frum Entrepreneur brand. Listen to his thoughts on what makes an entrepreneur and what is more important the…
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Ira Zlotowitz, Founder and President of Eastern Union Funding, to me personifies what a Frum Entrepreneur is. With 6 offices and employing more than 100 people (mostly frum yidden right out of Yeshivah) Ira tells us the real secrets to his success, how he handles firing a frum worker who has a family, how at least 12 employees earn more than a mill…
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A letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe ZT”L, Sparring with Floyd “Money” Mayweather, winning 4 Professional Boxing Championships and now the only Frum Boxing Promoter in the world. Hear the absolutely amazing and inspiring interview with Dmitriy Salita! Follow his life story from Odessa to Brooklyn. His never give up attitude and his constant search f…
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In this episode we do a deep dive into networking. We look at the importance of networking for your business. The tools you need and best practices as well as the things you should never do. With a few stories to drive home the points and a rant on MLM AKA Multi-Level Marketing/Network Marketing, you don’t want to miss this episode! CLICK FOR HILLE…
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In this episode we take a close look at NextDor, a new non-profit initiative founded and lead by serial social entrepreneur Chanan Kaufman. I have the z’chus to be part of this mission since the idea stage which is to empower the next generation of Jewish Leaders by helping them launch and grow their own social enterprises with modern technologies …
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Fantastic interview with Barry Schwartz, co-founder with his twin brother Ronnie of Rusty Brick! Go behind the scenes with what went into developing the ArtScroll Shas App. Learn about some of the 30 Jewish Apps that they created as a service for the community. Have an idea for an App that can benefit the Jewish Community? Let them know and they ju…
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Interview with Zishe Schnitzler, founder and CEO of The Clear Advantage. A consulting firm that helps existing businesses that have some success to grow and continue on their journey taking their business to the next level. Learn some of the secrets of what makes an entrepreneur successful and what you need to grow to the next level. Listen to how …
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Welcome to a very special Purim edition of The Frum Entrepreneur with guest Co-Host Tuli Klein! In this episode we celebrate our 1st year anniversary of The Frum Entrepreneur Podcast as well as the story of how a pickle lead me to become the orthodox adviser to the Donald J. Trump Campaign! Is it just Purim Shtick? I guess you will have to listen t…
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Azriel Ratz from Ratz Pack Media is an online marketing guru. A numbers and analytics guy, in this episode Azriel teaches us some tricks and great information on what’s working in online marketing today. We discuss Facebook Ads VS Google Ads, the power of online video, email marketing and much more! NAME: Azriel Ratz CONNECT: On LinkedIn TWITTER: @…
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One of the questions I am asked most often is “how can you earn extra income online?. In this episode we hear from Ephraim Rosenberg who has been selling online for 20 years mostly on eBay and Amazon. Listen as we hear his story and learn valuable lessons about selling on Amazon today. After being frustrated with some of Amazon’s policies and their…
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Rabbi Nachman Seltzer is one of the most prolific young educators and entertainers of our time. Grew up in NY, was a member and soloist of Miami Boys Choir, he has 22 books already in print with his 23rd coming out in March which he calls the greatest story he ever heard! (Listen to find out what it is). He made Aliyah at age 14 with his family. At…
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Ever wonder how the Kosher (Shabbos) Lamp came to be? Do you know who sold the very first Apple Macintosh computer in Israel? In this interview with Shmuel Veffer we learn all about his history from being a Rabbi in Aish HaTorah, being part of computer history in Israel, to creating one of the most famous Kosher (non-food) products of this generati…
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Imagine working hard for a couple of years starting a business and then earn a full-time income working just a couple of hours a week! It is the dream situation for anyone! In this week’s episode meet Daniel Gefen who has done just that! He started his call center in England just a few short years ago and now he has made Aliyah while working just a…
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Yitzchok Saftlas is an author, speaker, radio show host and President of Bottom Line Marketing Group, a company he founded that is going into its 24th year of business. In this episode we learn some of the secrets of marketing and business success as well as Yitzchok’s personal story and lessons and advice that will help you grow your business. Lea…
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Time to jump in! Once you are ready nothing should hold you back. You have done your research. You know what you need to do so why don’t you just launch? In this episode I inspire you to just Do It! Don’t worry if your project is not perfect, it never is, but don’t let over planning hold you back. I also talk about how much feedback from customers …
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