Why Reinvention Defines Success with Ilana Golan
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to truly reinvent yourself? Ilana Golan knows. From breaking barriers in her career to building new paths where none existed, Ilana’s story is proof that reinvention isn’t just possible—it’s necessary. In this episode of Remarkable People, she shares how to pivot with purpose, embrace uncertainty, and turn setbacks into opportunities. Her journey offers powerful lessons in resilience, adaptability, and courage for anyone ready to make a change.
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| 0:40.9 | Sometimes I think women are more chauvinist than any men that I've ever run into. And if I'm |
| 0:48.5 | being really honest, my podcast talks to the biggest leaders of our time and I cannot get the women to say yes. I talk to |
| 0:57.0 | Richard Branson and Gary V and you and president of Starbucks and president of Shopify and |
| 1:01.8 | you know like I can go on and on with accolades. I don't understand why the men say yes and |
| 1:06.8 | the women ghost me. I cannot understand that. This is Guy Kawasaki. This is the Remarkable People podcast, and we have a remarkable woman on today. |
| 1:21.1 | Her name is Ilana Golon. And we're going to talk about reinvention and, well, actually a lot of things. |
| 1:29.5 | I'm going to try to put her on the spot as much as I can. |
| 1:33.0 | So just a little bit of background. |
| 1:35.8 | Lana is a former Israeli Air Force flight instructor. |
| 1:40.8 | And now she's a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, and career reinvention coach. |
| 1:48.8 | She founded something called the Leap Academy to help people reinvent themselves. And basically |
| 1:55.8 | she empowers these people to change their lives. So welcome to the show, Elana. |
| 2:02.2 | Thank you so much, guys. So fun to see you here. And we had you on my podcast, which was really incredible. And I've |
| 2:09.6 | seen you for the first time in startup grind. And you've been like a mentor idol since. So thank |
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