Leaders in Cleantech #120 - Uri Levine

Published: May 16, 2023, 1 p.m.

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What\\u2019s it all about?
Entrepreneurship, and the journey of failures. Uri Levine is the founder of not one, but two Unicorns, Waze and Moovit. He continues to be an active entrepreneur and investor, but his passion to help create more start-up success stories, and to support entrepreneurs led him to write \\u2018Fall in love with the problem, not the solution\\u2019. According to Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) it\\u2019s the \\u2018bible\\u2019 for entrepreneurs, I\\u2019d have to say it\\u2019s indispensable, especially for B2C and App founders, but for anyone building, or thinking of building a business. I caught up with Uri prior to an investor event in Prague. I hope you enjoy the episode.

About Uri Levine:\\xa0
Uri is a passionate serial entrepreneur and disruptor. He co-founded Waze, the world\\u2019s largest driving traffic and navigation app, in 2007. The app, nowadays used by more than 750 million drivers around the globe, was acquired by Google in June of 2013 for $1.1 billion. Another achievement he is proud of is Moovit, \\u2018Waze for public transportation\\u2019, where he was the first board member and an investor. Moovit, which is used by more than 750 million individuals worldwide, was acquired by Intel for $1 Billion in 2020.

Since Waze\\u2019s acquisition, Uri is actively pursuing his dream to create significant value for large audiences through the series of startups he founded. His vision is specifically intended to disrupt inefficient markets and improve under-functioning services, focus on solving \\u2018BIG problems\\u2019, saving consumers time and money while empowering them.

Committed to spreading entrepreneurial thinking, it was only natural for Uri to take the next step with writing the book, \\u201cFall In Love with the Problem \\u2013 Not the Solution, a Handbook for entrepreneurs\\u201d

In line with his vision, Uri dedicates significant time to public speaking engagements to audience around world, inspiring them through the lens of entrepreneurship and disruption, speaking of contemporary revolutions of markets and startups. Uri\\u2019s presentations rely heavily on his entrepreneurial and personal experiences with the intention to benefit people from the lessons he has learned and look back on both success and failures he has witnessed along his path.

Uri is also motivated to encourage the next generation of thinkers and innovators and leads an academic workshop entitled \\u201cHow to Build a Startup\\u201d, aimed at undergraduate and graduate level business students.


Social links: \\xa0
Uri Levine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uri-levine-85389/\\xa0
Uri Levine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/urilevine1?lang=en\\xa0 \\xa0
Uri Levine on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIWE3QJfJ98Hf9jD7oXXYZw\\xa0
Uri Levine Website: https://urilevine.com/\\xa0


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EPISODE LINKS\\xa0
Fall In Love with the Problem, Not the Solution - A Handbook for Entrepreneurs:
https://urilevine.com/book/\\xa0


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