Waze Founder: Road to 1 billion users and 2 unicorns (Uri Levine)
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
- We are thrilled to introduce Uri Levine, a distinguished Israeli entrepreneur and author, renowned for his innovative contributions to the tech industry. Levine's entrepreneurial prowess has led to the creation of transformative applications like 'Waze', a widely used traffic and navigation app. With more than 1 billion users Waze's groundbreaking success led to its acquisition by Google in June 2013 for a stunning $1.1 billion ( the largest app adquisition on that date), marking a significant milestone in Levine's career. Levine's investment instincts are equally impressive, demonstrated by his early involvement as a board member and investor in 'Moovit', which was bought by Intel for approximately $1 billion in May 2020. Alongside his business ventures, Levine is also an established author. His book, 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution- A handbook for Entrepreneurs', published on January 17, 2023, offers profound insights into his unique approach to entrepreneurship. Today, we are privileged to delve into his thoughts, strategies, and experiences in this exclusive interview.
You will find questions like:
1. How did your education and early career shape your approach to entrepreneurship?
2. What inspired you to co-found Waze, and how did you navigate its growth leading up to the acquisition by Google?
3. How did you get your first 1000 clients. Strategies to client acquisition? (Did you invest on it?)
4. Can you share more about the philosophy of "falling in love with the problem, not the solution"? How has this guided your approach to business?
5. How do you identify and tackle inefficiencies in markets when developing start-ups? / In your experience, what are the most common everyday problems that need solving?
6. What are 3 reasons why startups fail?
7. What are 3 “rookie mistakes” early founders make?
8. How do you handle failure, and what advice would you give to others about dealing with failure? (Rollercoaster Effect?)
9. How do you take decisions?
10. As a successful entrepreneur, what is your process for developing, launching, and growing a global start-up?
11. How to identify a problem?
12. How can you focus more? (focus on solution or focus on user)
13. *How to validate your startup idea?*
14. You have a reputation for empowering citizens and tackling everyday problems. Can you elaborate on this?
15. In your teachings, online seminars, and lectures, you've become an inspiring figure for entrepreneurs. What are some key takeaways you hope your audience will learn?
16. Can you explain your approach of disrupting inefficient markets to save consumers time and money?
17. "Fall in love with the problem, not the solution", "Don't be afraid to fail", and "Seek to impact your customers' lives" are three powerful ideas you've popularized. Can you delve deeper into these philosophies and how they've shaped your entrepreneurial journey?
Thank you for the quality of Guests you bring on. Uri Levine and Jeff Hoffman are both daring and inspiring, above all... they love giving back. Talk to users. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication ✨💯
Wow, the transparency in this interview is unmatched. Uri is the real deal!
I love the authenticity in this interview. Greetings from Papua New Guinea.
The value here is amazing.. one note bro.. when your guest is looking at you and talking to you just focus and be with him.. don’t take notes while he speaks. I believe your guests will appreciate your attention more.. and you can take note later 😅 it’s recorded
This interview is pure gold! So many takeaways from Uri Levin. 🔥
The thing thay changed my pathway to restart career to tech at 30+ years old was Waze. First time i used it, was like magic
This is the second time I’m watching an interview on this channel, and I love it. I really appreciate that you let the guest speak freely. As a host, you’re doing an amazing job. I’ve subscribed!
Loved hearing Uri talk about scaling and pivoting with Waze. Super inspiring!
La transparencia en esta entrevista es inigualable. ¡Uri es un crack!
Me motivó muchísimo ver esto. ¡Uri es un maestro en simplificar ideas complejas!
That's a fantastic discussion, falling in love with the problem and keeping the problem as the north star is a powerful idea . It's all about creating value and the easiest way to do that is solving a problem
Uri\'s approach to solving problems with data is next-level genius.
A real gem, masterclass 🏆
Thank you Uri, you've just inspired be to soldier on with my idea of building a unicorn
You're my Hero!!
Loved the podcast. I would love to have his book too.
The part about innovation and user experience really hit home. Fantastic conversation.
Awesome podcast!
This podcast is amazing!!!! Next to epic
La filosofía de Uri de enamorarse del problema es brillante.
Wow realmente es impresionante, gran video 🔥
Thanks for sharing, great interview, learnt that adding value is the great key lesson :)
Muy motivante, más videos así por favor, un saludo
Espectacular 🔥
Buen video!!!! 👏👏👏👏
Brilliant interview👌Thank you!
Excelente video 👏👏 os veo desde Sevilla
Las ideas sobre cómo escalar un producto global como Waze son simplemente espectaculares.
No puedo creer cuántos consejos prácticos había en esta entrevista. 👏
I love this podcast! 😀
hey did you guys give the last book away ? I would love to read this Book!
incouraging