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Aug. 21, 2022

E54: Real estate is real estate because it's real estate

Adam Neumann is back with a new startup, and 50% of our episode is now off the rails. Apparently his sister was more well known than he was, pre-wework. Who knew?? So his new startup, Flow, raised $350M from A16Z. …

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Aug. 9, 2022

E53: Gimble Kimble

Wow, crazy great episode this week! We literally thought of a hilarious startup idea, and Guy ran it through an AI deck generator, and before you know it Sky Jumpers was born. Sky Jumpers- parachutes for drones. We also lost...

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July 31, 2022

E52: Anti-Shark Tank

Shark tank-like pitches are the worst, right? Well, Hillel doesn't agree, but you might think otherwise. Unfortunately, there are more layoffs hitting the Israeli tech scene. And we spoke a lot about where Facebook should b...

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July 17, 2022

E51: Lack of fragmentation

Back with a vengeance! A lot of iOS 16 public beta talk, tbh. It's momentous- you gotta love summer iOS betas. Then of course we reviewed a few restaurants. Deal with it. Was a fun episode this week- enjoy! BYEEEEEE …

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July 10, 2022

E50: Hillel got kicked out of BLEEP cafe and you’ll never believe wha…

What a hurricane of an episode! We talked about drones, TikTok, autocorrect, restaurants, the recession, cars, intermittent fasting, nuclear submarines... (I may have made that last one up 😁) and more! We were all over the ...

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April 4, 2022

E49: Semi Unhinged

Guy has COVID. Itamar calls out Netta. Hillel is getting Crystal Lite. A ball was had by all. We got some listener feedback calling one of our episode "semi unhinged". BADGE OF HONOUR. Ok, so what did we chat about …

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March 29, 2022

E48: You smuggled an iPhone in what?

Itamar is back from the States... did he get the powder Hillel asked for... ? You'll never believe why 🤣 We spoke about: Apple planning an iPhone subscription service - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-24/apple...

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March 21, 2022

E47: Steve Vacuum

Bootstrap went global! Well, not completely, but some of us were traveling. And it was a relatively slow tech news week, so the guys played a game that Guy prepared! And we got to hear about Hillel's latest obsession, as …

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March 13, 2022

E46: Team wheels!

It seems like the world is preoccupied with the more wheels vs doors debate, so we step in and help settle that. But what else is going on? Well, the boys took a two week hiatus, so Hillel could travel, …

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Feb. 21, 2022

E45: Let's Get Physical

"I don't know anything about Peloton or fitness AND I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT" -Hillel Ok, so maybe that's not an exact quote, but it covers the spirit of what he said. But guess what? Peloton was in the …

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Feb. 15, 2022

E44: Play this on Spotify

It was another hostful week! Full cast :) We finally weighed in on the Spotify/Rogan thing. It has been festering for weeks, so we couldn't ignore it any longer. And we finally got some local startup product news in there …

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Feb. 7, 2022

E43: Wordle 232 6/6

Are you recovering from your whiplash from last week's episode? Have no fear, Itamar is back, ba-by! And he finally tried Wordle, and his first score is the name of this episode, so it's now cemented in history. Have you …

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Jan. 30, 2022

E42: Sans Itamar

Itamar had a last minute emergency, but the show must go on! So it's a Guy-Hillel-full episode. We jumped right into it, straight-up tech-talk. Oh and we should have probably named this episode something about the answer to l...

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Jan. 25, 2022

E41: A drone that costs how much?

41! This is the George H W Bush episode. You came to hear us talk about tech. That's exactly what you're gonna get. But the best nugget has to be how expensive Hillel's drone is. Seriously. WTF. How much is …

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Jan. 11, 2022

E40: Secret Word Games

EPISODE FORTY!!! We upped it up. A whole extra notch! Sometimes we play games as a segment of the show, but this time, the entire episode is a game! We played the "Hillel Secret Word Game", where Guy and Itamar …

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Jan. 5, 2022

E39: #freeItamar

First Bootstrap pod of 2022! And we were off to a great start! First of all, #freeItamar . Listen and you'll get it. Second, we found out that Hillel can eat a 1.2kg steak in one sitting. But most importantly, …

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Dec. 29, 2021

E38: 2022 Prediction Show!

We did it! Year 1 of the Bootstrap Podcast in the bag. #nailedit So what did we talk about this week? Survey of US internet users: 72% distrust Facebook, 63% TikTok, 60% Instagram, 53% WhatsApp, and 53% YouTube. Related: Tik...

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Dec. 21, 2021

E37: On the Rails

It was a hostful -Hillel this week, but we kept on going and managed to stay on the rails (sorry fans of going off-rails...) We're deep in winter now, but there's still a lot going on in the tech world! …

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Dec. 19, 2021

E36: Catastrophic Equipment Failure

WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 18 X 2! But barely... You see, we experienced yet another equipment failure. Including the backup system 🤦🤦🤦. And we lost the original Episode 36. So technically this is 36b. Yeah- this episode is la...

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Nov. 30, 2021

E35: Put down the phone. Phones are for closers.

We thought it would be a slower news week thanks to Thanksgiving, but it turned out to be a regular-length episode! We played a game, we talked about Apple's upcoming AR headset, Adele + Spotify, and how Tile (RIP) was …

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Nov. 22, 2021

E34: November Brain

♫ Nothing last forever, even cold November brain... ♫ It's November, so that means all 3 of your favourite hosts have birthdays this month! But sometimes those birthdays are responsible for missed episode weeks. We apologiz...

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Nov. 9, 2021

E33: Be the "B" in "Bootstrap"

ALL THE BOYS ARE BACK! And we took out a billboard on the Ayalon to celebrate! Just kidding, but that's what everyone else seems to be doing... What did we talk about? Elon's tax tweet of course. Our friends at …

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Nov. 1, 2021

E32: Meta!

WE'RE BAAAA-AAAAACK!! Yes, it has been a long two weeks off, but we're happy to be back! (Well, for those of us who are back :) Hillel needed to travel, but we don't hold that against him. We're excited to …

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Oct. 12, 2021

E31: Norm MacMinimum Corporate Tax Rate

HILLEL DOESN'T KNOW WHO NORM MACDONALD IS AND WE ARE NOT OK WITH THAT But we also talked about international corporate tax law treaties. And everyone moving to Texas. And Instagram video. And our shout-outs for the week: Hi...

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