The Founder's Fast Lane: MVP to Round A, Together

Why You Can't Miss This
Building a company is the hardest and often loneliest journey an entrepreneur can take. At Startup Grind, we believe in the African Proverb: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

This is not another generic speaker event. This is a focused session designed to show you, with tangible evidence, how to leverage the Startup Grind community to overcome the greatest hurdles between your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and a successful Series A round.

You will learn from our community leaders:

The Blueprint: Shahar Matorin will map out the complete SG Member Journey—showing you how our global platform, mission, and values accelerate your growth.

The Case Study: See a real-world example of how a direct partnership with MalamTeam took our winning startup, Atmoz, from a working product to a confirmed enterprise-level POC in less than 30 days. Learn how you can get access to the corporate 'red carpet.'

Unfair Advantage: Your Personal Brand OS. Lirone Glikman, Founder of The Human Factor, Bestselling Author & Strategic Connection Expert, and our Co-Director, will teach you how to create an unfair advantage for your startup in the market with your personal brand. Discover the operating system behind your brand and get actionable tactics you can use right away to grow your visibility, influence, and strategic advantage..

The Accelerator: Gavriel Ariel will show you how getting involved as a volunteer, mentor, or partner is the fastest way to accelerate your own success. Learn how contributing to the community provides immediate access to high-impact opportunities and the amazing people who are building the startup ecosystem.

Join us on November 26th at 6:00 PM. Come ready to Give First, meet others who want to Help Before Helping Themselves, and find the connections that will make your journey less lonely and much faster.

Agenda

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Hosted By

Shahar Matorin, Israel Country Manager

Country Manager Startup Grind Israel, Partner at Sky Growth Partners - Father, business culture catalyst, Startup ecosystem builder & connector

Experienced Entrepreneur. Shahar has over 20 years of Global startup ecosystem experience. Shahar is the person responsible for putting Israel on the Global Startup Grind map. Today Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting more than 3,500,000 entrepreneurs in over 600 chapters. SG nurture startup ecosystems in 125+ countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Google and Microsoft for Startups.

Skilled in strategy, management, investor relations. Globally connected professional with a can-do attitude.

Now, in this new era of the tech sector, Shahar is teaming up with an experienced partner to launch Sky Growth Partners, a company dedicated to building, growing, and scaling startups. With his wealth of knowledge and experience, Shahar is well-positioned to help Sky Growth Partners succeed in its mission.

Lirone Glikman, Co Director

Lirone Glikman is a global business development expert, an international keynote speaker, and a business relationship strategist. She is the CEO and Founder of ‘The Human Factor by Lirone Glikman’ - a global business development boutique firm. She supports tech companies' growth and expansion into the international markets.
Lirone works with startups, corporations, universities and governments in 4 continents, among them Google, Microsoft, Cornell University, eBay, Australian and Taiwanese governments and more.
Lirone is also an honorary adviser at an external United Nations committee dedicated to the UN's sustainable development goals.

Shir Papo, Co-Director, Operation

Gavriel Ariel, Co-Director, Business Development

With hands-on experience in startup ecosystems, venture building, and global business networks, I help entrepreneurs turn ideas into scalable businesses and investors find ventures worth backing.

Leading Business Development for StartUp Grind Tel Aviv - Responsible for driving strategic partnerships, curating high-value connections between founders, investors, and industry leaders, and designing growth-oriented programs for entrepreneurs.
I lead the Tel Aviv chapter’s business development efforts, overseeing collaborations, sponsorships, and ecosystem engagement, while ensuring founders get access to the right opportunities, networks, and resources to scale.

Always open to meaningful collaborations, strategic partnerships, and high-impact opportunities.

Nir Hazut, Co-Director, Value Creation

I come from the world of investments, with over a decade of experience working with entrepreneurs, investors, and venture capital funds. I founded Nexus Investors Club to help startups raise capital – not just through pitch decks, but by crafting a powerful story, taking the right approach, and understanding the psychology of the investor. I combine deep business insight with human intuition, and I hold a clear belief: money flows to those who project value, vision, and credibility.

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Strategic

Malam Cloud (https://www.malamteam.com/%d7%a4%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a2%d7%a0%d7%9f/malam-cloud/)
As a leading IT integration company, Malam Team empowers Startup Grind entrepreneurs with expert guidance in business models, technology, and innovation. We help accelerate their journey by providing access to top professionals and paving the way to design partners and paying customers.

Partner

Ashtrom port (https://www.ashtromport.com)
Perfect fit managed office complexes that provides growing companies full and advanced management services with the highest level of amenities.

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Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 600 cities and 125+ countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind.

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