Episode 42 - Social Innovation: When Values and Startups Meet

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

For most Israelis, innovation means high-tech, angel investors, an exit and boatloads of cash. Truth is, though, Innovation can come in many forms. Startups make profit out of innovation, by identifying problems and offering solutions. But what if innovation were to be used not as a means to make profit, but rather a tool to achieve social goals? Irad Eichler chose this path exactly, by establishing a relatively large non-profit organization, Shekulu Tov, that works with the state and offers rehabilitation services to those in need in order to help them return to the work force. For his achievements, Irad was recently awarded a prize by the U.N. He joins us to talk about social innovation. We also played a beautiful song by The Fine Marten!

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:07.0	Israel is known as the startup nation, but in recent years, more and more Israeli entrepreneurs have become more involved in social initiatives, often without an aim to profit. These social
0:22.5	startups range from environmental protection to human rights to welfare, and although these
0:27.6	organizations will not be acquired by Intel for billions of dollars, they change the world in people's
0:34.5	lives. Irad Aichler has been doing exactly that with his initiative
0:39.3	Shakulotov, for which he recently received an award from the UN's Zero Project Organization.
0:46.2	This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal, www.jewishjournal.com.
0:52.1	Also in cooperation with Secret Tel Aviv,
0:55.1	Israel's largest online social network community in English.
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1:16.2	Hi, Elad, how are you?
1:17.4	Hi.
1:17.9	Hello.
1:18.9	Hey, what's up.
1:19.9	Great to be here.
1:20.6	Thank you.
1:22.0	Thank you for having me.
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