Bob Rosenschein, Confessions of a Serial Jerusalemite Entrepreneur

BOB ROSENSCHEIN, CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL JERUSALEMITE ENTREPRENEUR

April 30, 2014 17:45 * JCT - Lev Academic Center (http://www.jct.ac.il/en)

Hosted and sponsored by JCT - the Mark Schuman Center for Entrepreneurship

Zev Adelman, Director for Software Research at the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), Ministry of Economy (http://www.moit.gov.il/CmsTamat/Rsrc/MadaanEnglish/MadaanEnglish.html) will open presenting how the Office of the Chief Scientist helps Software Entrepreneurs in Israel.

Bob Rosenschein , founder & CEO of Curiyo (http://curiyo.com/), also founder & former CEO of Answers.com, will speak about the challenges of starting a business in Israel and the many unavoidable mistakes along the way.

Program:

"How the Office of the Chief Scientist helps Software Entrepreneurs"

Zev Adelman, Director for Software Research, Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), Ministry of Economy (http://www.moit.gov.il/CmsTamat/Rsrc/MadaanEnglish/MadaanEnglish.html)

"Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur"

Bob Rosenschein, founder & CEO of Curiyo (http://curiyo.com/) Ltd

About our invited speakers:

Zev Adelman, Director for Software Research, OCS, Ministry of Economy (http://www.moit.gov.il/CmsTamat/Rsrc/MadaanEnglish/MadaanEnglish.html)

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Zev Adelman is the Director of Computer and Software Research at the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy.

Zev started working at the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in 1975, initially as coordinator of loan which Israel received from the World Bank to foster "national projects" in R&D where the grants were administered by the OCS. One of the main purposes of the loan was to help the OCS develop its ability to encourage industrial R&D as an avenue for industrial development. Subsequently Zev served as an evaluator of electronics projects. He was very active in helping the software industry gain recognition for eligibility for government support.

Zev completed his Bachelors of Science in Physics and Mathematics at Brooklyn College in 1970, then his Masters in Physics from Columbia University. In 1971 Zev came on aliyah and subsequently received his MBA from Hebrew University. He also did graduate studies in Computer Science.

About the Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy (http://www.moit.gov.il/CmsTamat/Rsrc/MadaanEnglish/MadaanEnglish.html)

The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOITAL) ,empowered by the Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research & Development – 1984 (R&D Law), (http://www.moital.gov.il/NR/exeres/9F263279-B1F7-4E42-828A-4B84160F7684.htm)oversees all Government sponsored support of R&D in the Israeli industry. This broad spectrum support stimulates the development of innovative state of the art technologies, enhances the competitive power of the industry in the high-tech global market, creates employment opportunities and assists in redressing Israel 's balance of payments. In addition to its domestic activities, the OCS is involved in a myriad of bi- and multinational industrial R&D agreements.

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Robert (Bob) S. Rosenschein is an American-Israeli internet entrepreneur. His latest startup is Curiyo (http://www.curiyo.com/). He is the founder and was CEO and chairman of Answers.com (http://curiyo.com/wiki/Answers.com), formerly GuruNet (http://curiyo.com/wiki/GuruNet). The product later became Answers.com, incorporating both editorial reference and user-generated Q&A information. The company was listed on NASDAQ as Answers Corporation until 2011, when it was purchased by Summit Partner's AFCV Holdings for $127 million.

In 1988, together with his brother, Prof. Jeffrey Rosenschein, (http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~jeff/) he founded Kivun, later Accent Software. Its initial product was Dagesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagesh), the first Hebrew/English word processor for Windows. From 1991-1992, the company consulted to Microsoft, helping design and develop Hebrew and Arabic versions of Windows 3.1. The company went on to develop multi-lingual software tools under the brand Accent. For the Hebrew Windows and Dagesh projects, Mr. Rosenschein was awarded the Prime Minister of Israel's Award for Software Achievement in 1997.

In 2009, Rosenschein was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award Finalist in the Metropolitan New York region.

More about Bob Rosenschein from Michael Eisenberg's blog: The Oleh’s Unassuming Hero of Start Up (http://www.geektime.com/2013/10/09/bob-rosenschein-the-olehs-unassuming-hero-of-start-up-nation/)

Aboutt Curiyo (http://curiyo.com/)

Video on Curiyo (http://curiyo.com/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sroeMEkzxCc

Founded in 2011 by Bob Rosenschein, Curiyo (http://curiyo.com/) is Jerusalem based start-up that has developed a cloud-based platform which increases time spent, engagement and monetization for publishers.

The technology automatically places faint, polite links on key words on the publishers' pages. Users conveniently click on these terms to discover a wealth of information without leaving the page. They can also "long-click" on absolutely any word to find out more. Curiyo (http://curiyo.com/) opens up a small information window, filled with relevant content in context, actually creating new screen real estate and making it easy to find out more about something without the effort.

The value for users is simple: quick relevant information in 1 click. The value add for publishers is broad: keep users happier and on the site longer, expose them to the brand longer, and engage and monetize them more effectively.

Entrance fee is 20nis at the door

(this goes to pay for JBNF expenses, not into the pockets of the JBNF organizers who are all volunteers, and makes you a partner in encouraging business in the Jerusalem area)

There is going to be some serious business networking, as always

If you have questions, contact Joe, Avigail, Michael, Marna, and Uzi at info@jbnf.org

Also check out the new website: http://jbnf.org (http://jbnf.org/)