This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies and got

filthy rich or crash and burn. Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts, and other

insider information that creates business news headlines. We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to two point seven million.

I had no money when I started the company.

It was a hundred and sixty million dollars which is the size of any IPOs.

We're a bit strapped.

We have like 22,000 customers.

With over five million downloads in a very short amount of time, major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest growing business show on iTunes.

I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.

Hello, everyone.

My guest today is Amit Avener.

He's the founder and CEO of a company called Takey, a real-time data company.

He started programming at the age of 10.

And then after high school, he went to work developing innovative technologies for the Israeli Defense Ministry.

He's also the founder of B-Witty and I-Witty Search, an award-winning search engine.

Amit, are you ready to take us to the top?

I am ready. Hi, Nathan.

Good. What's up with all these folks coming out of Israel, building unbelievable companies?

What are you guys having for breakfast? I think the magic in Israel is actually the army.

If you think about it, the Israeli army is taking young people, putting them in high-stress

environment for a few years, making

them solve big problems very quickly together. And then they finish the Army and they're ready

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