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| '''Hillel Fuld''' |
'''Hillel Fuld''' is an American Israeli technology business advisor, blogger, and ].<ref name="Forbes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/eyalbino/2016/09/19/meet-the-man-helping-transform-startup-nation-into-scale-up-nation/#42b71a485d57|title=Meet The Man Helping Transform Startup Nation Into Scale-Up Nation|last=Bino|first=Eyal|date=|website=Forbes|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technmarketing.com/tech/detailed-explanation-turned-passion-career/|title=What Do I Do? A Detailed Explanation of How I Turned My Passion into a Career!|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=Tech N' Marketing|date=12 August 2018 }}</ref> Fuld's work focuses on the Israeli ] industry,<ref name="TC">{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/24/despite-unrest-the-israeli-tech-ecosystem-is-flourishing/|title=Despite Unrest, The Israeli Tech Ecosystem Is Flourishing|last=Hillel|first=Fuld|date=24 December 2015|website=TechCrunch|access-date=}}</ref> guidance for startup companies,<ref name="Forbes" /> and marketing tips for growing a business or personal brands.<ref name="JPost">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Business-and-Innovation/The-Israeli-tech-guru-who-helps-start-ups-without-asking-anything-in-return-543617|title=The Israeli tech guru who helps start-ups without asking anything in return - Hi tech news - Jerusalem Post|website=www.jpost.com|date=26 February 2018 |access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> | ||
| ==Family and education== | |||
| Fuld has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the Israeli tech industry,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geektime.com/2015/12/21/the-100-most-influential-people-in-israeli-hi-tech-in-2015/|title=The 100 most influential people in Israeli hi-tech in 2015|last=Haimovitch and Avital|date=2015|website=Geektime}}</ref> and has been ranked in the top thousand of global technology ]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rise.global/tech_1k/r/2608810/|title= Top 1000 Tech Bloggers #tech_1k|last=RiseGlobal|date=2019|website=www.rise.global}}</ref> In 2018, he was the keynote speaker at the ] Division of Graduate Studies commencement in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.touro.edu/news--events/press-releases/dgs-commencement-2018.php|title=Touro College Division of Graduate Studies Commencement 2018|last=College|first=Touro|website=www.touro.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Hillel Fuld was born in ] to an Orthodox Jewish family,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-secret-sauce-of-success-lessons-from-hillel-fuld/|title=Israel's Secret Sauce of Success: Lessons from Hillel Fuld|last=Rahman|first=Farhana|date=|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=}}</ref> where his father, Rabbi Yonah Fuld, served as principal of ]. As a teenager, Fuld moved with his family from the United States to ], Israel. Fuld graduated with a BA in ] from ] in ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/thrive-global/content-creates-brand-words-of-wisdom-with-startup-strategist-hillel-fuld-d685f0694224|title="Content Creates Brand" Words Of Wisdom With Startup Strategist Hillel Fuld|last=Weiner|first=Yitzi|date=14 February 2018|website=Medium|access-date=}}</ref> He has spent his career in ]. Fuld currently resides in Israel with his wife and their five children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/love-at-second-sight/|title=Love at second sight|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref> | ||
| Fuld's older brother, ], was stabbed in the back and killed by a ] in September 2018 at the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/terror-victim-ari-fuld-mourned-as-larger-than-life-hero-champion-for-israel/|title=Terror victim Ari Fuld mourned as 'larger than life' hero, champion for Israel|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| ⚫ | Hillel Fuld was born in ] to an Orthodox Jewish family,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-secret-sauce-of-success-lessons-from-hillel-fuld/|title= |
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| ⚫ | ==Early career== | ||
| Fuld’s older brother, Ari Fuld, was stabbed in the back and killed by a ] in September 2018 at the ]. Although he had just been stabbed, Ari Fuld, a trained ] soldier and reservist, neutralized the terrorist on-site, preventing others from being injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/terror-victim-ari-fuld-mourned-as-larger-than-life-hero-champion-for-israel/|title=Terror victim Ari Fuld mourned as ‘larger than life’ hero, champion for Israel|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> Hillel Fuld has described his brother as a hero<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hilzfuld/status/1041282813222367233?lang=en/|title=HFuld Twitter|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=www.twitter.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> and has memorialized him publicly at speaking engagements across the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/israeli-tech-guru-hillel-fuld-to-give-talk-in-montreal-toronto/|title=CJN Fuld|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=www.cjnews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> | |||
| Fuld began blogging while he was working at ], a now defunct telecommunications company, as a technical writer.<ref name="Mernick">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/10783/5-to-9-Hillel-Fuld/|title=5 to 9: Hillel Fuld|last=Mernick|first=Moe|date=|website=Mishpacha Magazine|access-date=|archive-date=2018-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803144941/http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/10783/5-to-9-Hillel-Fuld|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Through his blog, Fuld has conducted interviews with influencers and public figures including ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/08/07/a-twitter-interview-with-marc-andreessen-on-startups-wearables-and-his-next-offices/|title=A Twitter interview with Marc Andreessen on startups, wearables, and his next offices|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|date=7 August 2014|website=VentureBeat|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-hillel-fuld-ended-up-in-a-bomb-shelter-with-woz-2015-8|title=How the 'Robert Scoble of Israel' wound up in a bomb shelter with Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak|last=Bort|first=Julie|date=|website=Business Insider|access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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| Hillel Fuld began blogging while he was working at ], a now defunct telecommunications company, as a technical writer.<ref name=":1" /> His blog, Tech N’ Marketing, gained traction and followers, especially after a post where he challenged conventional wisdom in the tech pundit world by predicting that the ] ] would be a success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/windows-phone-2012-1/|title=Here's Why Robert Scoble And The Rest Of The Pundits Are Wrong: Windows Phone Will Be A Success|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=BusinessInsider}}</ref> Although the prediction was ultimately incorrect, Fuld’s blog became a recourse for both investors and entrepreneurs alike and Fuld himself established credibility as an authority on the technology industry. Fuld blogged about what he considered to be exciting companies and gave tips for success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minimumviablemedia.com/blog/talking-tech-with-hillel-fuld/|title=Talking Tech with Hillel Fuld|last=Griego|first=Tony|website=MinimumViableMedia}}</ref> | |||
| The blog attracted the attention of journalists and investors because they wanted to know whom to be paying attention to, and entrepreneurs because they wanted to break into Fuld’s network and get publicity from his platform. Eventually, Fuld established a model where startups would have him join their companies in an official capacity as an advisor in exchange for equity in the business.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://mishpacha.com/5-to-9-hillel-fuld/|title=5 to 9: Hillel Fuld|last=Mernick|first=Moe|website=Mishpacha Magazine|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Through his blog, Fuld has conducted interviews with ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/08/07/a-twitter-interview-with-marc-andreessen-on-startups-wearables-and-his-next-offices/|title=A Twitter interview with Marc Andreessen on startups, wearables, and his next offices|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=VentureBeat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-hillel-fuld-ended-up-in-a-bomb-shelter-with-woz-2015-8|title=How the 'Robert Scoble of Israel' wound up in a bomb shelter with Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak|last=Bort|first=Julie|website=Business Insider}}</ref> | ||
| ==Communications and public relations career== | |||
| Outside of working with entrepreneurs, Hillel Fuld collaborates with many technology companies in an advisor capacity. He is a certified ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developers.google.com/programs/experts/directory/|title=Expert Directory|last=Google|website=Google}}</ref> a ] Key Opinion Leader<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.klear.com/influencer-marketing-program/|title=The Story Of Huawei And 11 WOWy Influencers|last=JPost|website=Jerusalem Post}}</ref> and on ]’s startup advisory board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Author/Hillel-Fuld|title=Author Bio Page|last=JPost|website=Jerusalem Post}}</ref> Fuld served as a spokesperson for ] Start Up Nation campaign<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elal.com/magazine/en/portfolio-items/travel/ideas-info/startup-nation-high-tech-israel/|title=ElAl|last=Corporate|website=El AL Website}}</ref> and is a brand ambassador for several technology companies that were either founded in Israel or by Israelis including ], ], Intelligo, ZUtA Labs and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/yoavvilner/2015/12/15/these-are-the-16-israeli-startups-ready-to-take-on-2016/#16ba67d46da7|title=16 Israeli Companies Ready to Take on 2016 |last=Vilner|first= Yoav|website=Jerusalem Post}}</ref> | |||
| In 2014, Fuld founded and was ] of Zula, a ] platform that was built to unify all team communication.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technmarketing.com/tech/i-failed-again/|title=I Failed Again|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=FuldBlog}}</ref> The company raised over three million dollars in ] funding from investors such as ]’s ], ], Kima Ventures and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zula#section-funding-rounds|title=Zula Crunchbas|last=Crunchbase|website=CrunchBase}}</ref> In 2016, Zula became ZCast and the pivoted their company mission to eliminate the barrier of entry into ] allowing any user to launch a podcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/02/zula-pivotes-into-zcast-a-podcasting-platform-for-the-masses/|title=Zula Pivotes Into ZCast, A Podcasting Platform For The Masses |last=Butcher|first=Mike|website=TechCrunch}}</ref> ZCast shut down and was removed from the ] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technmarketing.com/tech/i-failed-again/|title=I Failed Again|last=Fuld|first=Hillel|website=FuldBlog}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 5 December 2024
Israeli American tech marketer and vlogger/blogger
| Hillel Fuld | |
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| Born | New York City |
| Known for | Blogging |
| Spouse | Racheli Fuld |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | https://www.hillelfuld.com/ |
Hillel Fuld is an American Israeli technology business advisor, blogger, and vlogger. Fuld's work focuses on the Israeli high tech industry, guidance for startup companies, and marketing tips for growing a business or personal brands.
Family and education
Hillel Fuld was born in New York City to an Orthodox Jewish family, where his father, Rabbi Yonah Fuld, served as principal of Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy. As a teenager, Fuld moved with his family from the United States to Jerusalem, Israel. Fuld graduated with a BA in political science from Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv. He has spent his career in Israel's high tech industry. Fuld currently resides in Israel with his wife and their five children.
Fuld's older brother, Ari Fuld, was stabbed in the back and killed by a Palestinian terrorist in September 2018 at the Gush Etzion Junction.
Early career
Fuld began blogging while he was working at Comverse Technology, a now defunct telecommunications company, as a technical writer.
Through his blog, Fuld has conducted interviews with influencers and public figures including Marc Andreessen, Gary Vaynerchuk, Guy Kawasaki, Alyssa Milano, and Steve Wozniak.
References
- ^ Bino, Eyal. "Meet The Man Helping Transform Startup Nation Into Scale-Up Nation". Forbes.
- Fuld, Hillel (12 August 2018). "What Do I Do? A Detailed Explanation of How I Turned My Passion into a Career!". Tech N' Marketing.
- Hillel, Fuld (24 December 2015). "Despite Unrest, The Israeli Tech Ecosystem Is Flourishing". TechCrunch.
- "The Israeli tech guru who helps start-ups without asking anything in return - Hi tech news - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- Rahman, Farhana. "Israel's Secret Sauce of Success: Lessons from Hillel Fuld". The Times of Israel.
- Weiner, Yitzi (14 February 2018). ""Content Creates Brand" Words Of Wisdom With Startup Strategist Hillel Fuld". Medium.
- Fuld, Hillel. "Love at second sight". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- Fuld, Hillel. "Terror victim Ari Fuld mourned as 'larger than life' hero, champion for Israel". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- Mernick, Moe. "5 to 9: Hillel Fuld". Mishpacha Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-08-03.
- Fuld, Hillel (7 August 2014). "A Twitter interview with Marc Andreessen on startups, wearables, and his next offices". VentureBeat.
- Bort, Julie. "How the 'Robert Scoble of Israel' wound up in a bomb shelter with Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak". Business Insider.