Becoming a Startup Founder: Discover What it Takes

Join us for an intimate conversation with two remarkable entrepreneurs who've taken very different paths to success!

💰 Different Paths to Success -
Bootstrapping for sustainable growth vs. raising capital and moving fast to exit.

🎯 The Real Founder Journey -
Managing teams under pressure, dealing with rejection, and the daily grind behind the headlines.

⚡ What Actually Matters -
Product-market fit, customer trust, knowing when to scale, and reading market timing.

🧠 Leadership Through Growth -
How to lead when you're building something no one believes in yet.

🚀 From Napkin Sketch to Nine Figures -
The milestones, pivots, and critical decisions that shaped their journeys.

Whether you're contemplating your first startup, in the trenches of building, or curious about what it really takes, this conversation will give you unfiltered insights from founders who've lived it.

Q&A included – bring your toughest questions!

Tal Kollender.

Tal bootstrapped Remedio (formerly GYTPOL) from napkin sketch to $300M valuation without raising a single dollar of VC funding. Building profitably from day one, she grew the company through word-of-mouth to serve Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Check Point. She's been named Cybersecurity Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 - and more recently, Remedio has been selected by Forbes Israel's "Next Billion Dollar Startups 2025" list.

Alon Yariv.

Serial founder who's experienced the full startup lifecycle. After winning first prize in the StartUp+ competition with Qubex, Alon co-founded Atero AI in July 2024. Just one year later, the AI infrastructure company was acquired by Crusoe Cloud in a $200M deal -proving that timing, product-market fit, and execution can compress years into months.

Ignite by Coller is an entrepreneurial community which provides students and alumni the opportunity to explore an entrepreneurial path as part of the on-campus experience.

This is achieved by participating in events, engaging with other entrepreneurs, sharing ideas and creating new partnerships.

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