After establishing a digital advertising agency post-college with a friend, I embarked on an entrepreneurial journey filled with intuitive decisions and struggles to scale the business. Following my relocation to the US and a brief project involving molecular data in personalized medicine, I recognized an opportunity to blend my entrepreneurship experience with this new field. I started a new venture, Pine Biotech by securing investment from University of Haifa and private angel investors. As CEO of Pine Biotech, headquartered in Boston and New Orleans, our SaaS platform, T-BioInfo, democratizes multi-omics analysis, revolutionizing personalized healthcare and attracting collaborations and accolades, including winning The Pistoia Alliance competition. Reflecting on the journey, I'm grateful for the experiences that shaped my entrepreneurial path and excited for Pine Biotech's team future impact.
While I moved away from new startups at the moment, the experience I gained will stay with me for years to come. Most startups fail, but people who start new companies use the experience to bring the innovation, creativity and risk-taking to new organizations where growth is valued.
Participating in various startup accelerators, incubators, and pitch competitions provided me with invaluable insights into the entrepreneurial landscape. While the preparation process for these events often proved challenging due to their rigorous formats, the feedback and support services received were immensely beneficial. Through these experiences, I gained a deeper understanding of the functioning of such programs, the key stakeholders involved, and their expectations, which ultimately enhanced my ability to navigate and leverage opportunities within the startup ecosystem.
Read more about my startup journey on these links:
https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/starting-a-company-with-some-help-from-hbx-core
https://medium.com/pine-biotech/the-startup-pitch-reflection-76f80e084efa
Entrepreneurship & Innovation: working with early stage companies to find product-market fit, identify investors and develop a business case for the company
Big Data and Analytics: Managing Infrastructure and the Analysis of complex data to identify patterns and communicate insights to decision makers
Digital Advertising & Marketing: Utilizing search, display and social media advertising to capture audiences and convert them to customers
Healthcare: Business Cases and Feasibility Assessments for Medical Innovation from Population Health to Precision Medicine.
Life Sciences: Working on Next Generation Sequencing Data to research complex diseases in virology, immunology, oncology and neuroscience
Software Development: Working with small to medium size software teams to develop software, applications, web portals and SaaS platforms