Episode #56: Ido Aharoni & Yair Sakov: How to Teach Entrepreneurship?

Yair Sakov is the Founder and managing Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at Tel Aviv University. He has a diverse multi-sector experience that includes about 25 years in senior management positions in high-tech in the USA (Intel and 3Com) and Israel. He has held various positions in hi-tech for about 20 years, some in senior positions in social organizations (voluntarily) and recently in academia as a lecturer in the MBA program at the School of Engineering. Yair established and managed a venture capital fund of over 100 million dollars and has accompanied many companies to successful exits. He initiated and established the accelerator program JumpTAU which has positioned itself as a leader in its field in a short time. Yair brings with him many years of experience in business and social entrepreneurship, international experience and a broad perspective acquired over many years of working in global companies in the United States and in Israel. In this new episode of TAU Unbound Yair is sharing with host Ido Aharoni about the work of the center, its programming, offering and uniqueness. The discussion covers the roots of Israel’s creative spirit.