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From Tel Aviv to Technology Boards, my business trip has taken me through business construction, navigating painful failures, celebrating significant exits and any investment in the visions of other founders. I am an Israeli immigrant who came to the United States with little more than ambition and the belief that hard work could move mountains. It is already in time, I have seen firsthand how startups are born of nothing more than grain and vision, but as these companies grow, they begin to play more than just a market share. Influence culture. They inspire communities. And they have the responsibility to give back.
In recent years, my approach has changed only building companies to help others build yours and, so importantly, encourage them to align their success with significant causes. After joining the Israeli-American council (IAC) as a member of the Council, I realized that beyond the business presentation covers and the spreadsheets of M&A there are something even more shocking: the service. Through our initiatives that support Jewish solidarity, educational programs and bridge relations between American and Israeli businessmen, I discovered that philanthropy is not just an effort “to feel good”, it is a strategic advantage. Tis motivates the founders, strengthens the identity of the brand, builds the community and invites a purpose to what can sometimes seem a routine.
So, here is my call to other founders, starting CEOs and emerging entrepreneurs: integrate the charitable alignment into their DNA. Not for the press. Not for optics. By impact.
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Make-A-Wish Foundation
Mission: Make-A-Wish creates desires that change life for children with critical diseases, turning dreams into the duration of reality Dering the most difficult battles.
Startup’s life is full of “impossible” dreams, and so many, those incarnated in a very human way. Supporting them is not just about giving; It’s about reminding your team how hope looks. The Atlassian technology company has financed desires dishes through campaigns led by employees, which shows how the company’s culture can be productive and deeply childish.
Rubicon team
Mission: The Rubicon team joins the skills and experiences of military veterans with the first to respond to quickly display emergency response equipment.
Startups are based on agility, and Team Rubicon is a master class in organized action under pressure. They are a phenomenal organization to support, especially for founders with veteran ties or a passion for the response to community disasters. His deployment recently in Maui after forest fires reached national headlines.
Operation gratitude
Mission: Operation gratitude offers attention packages and personalized letters to displayed, veteran, wounded heroes and lifeguards.
The startups of talking about sand and sacrifice, and the operation of gratitude honors Americans who live those values every day. Support for this organization provides tangible gratitude to service members and can unify teams around shared patriotic values. It is special significant for companies with veteran employees or founders, or those who want support for public servants.
The Trevor project
Mission: The Trevor project provides crisis intervention services and suicide prevention to young LGBTQ+.
The inclusion of current workforce values, and the Trevor project is in the first line of emotional and mental health. His work is crossed with the priorities ofi (diversity, equity and inclusion) for which many new companies strive. Salesforce has defended LGBTQ+ causes through the Trevor project, which shows how social alignment can reflect the central values of the brand.
American Israeli Council (IAC)
Mission: The IAC builds an Israeli-American community committed and united that strengthens Israeli and Jewish identity, the American Jewish community and the link between the people of the United States and Israel.
Beyond my personal affiliation, IAC offers incredible opportunities for founders to connect with global networks, Jewish and Israeli business leaders, and to support education, cultural diplomacy and solidarity King Global Cryes. When Israel faced the economic and emotional duration of recent conflicts, IAC quickly mobilized humanitarian aid and commercial support.
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Donor
Mission: Donorschoose allows public school teachers to financing their class projects, from books to science kits.
Education is the best upstream investment. Many of today’s innovators were inspired by great teachers, however, those teachers lack basic resources. Supporting donors Cecho allows entrepreneurs directly affecting students, and new companies can align donations of products, campaigns or even volunteers in the volunteer team in local classrooms.
Feeding America
Mission: Feeding America is the largest hunger relief organization in the United States, which provides meals through a network of food banks.
No one innovates well with an empty stomach. Hunger is closer to what many founders believe, especially in cities with technological centers and unattended populations. Recent associations with companies such as Amazon and General Mills show how even operational efficiencies (such as surplus distribution) can be used for social good.
Girls who encode
Mission: Close the gender gap in technology by equipping young women with computer skills to follow races of the 21st century.
The founders often talk about the problem of the pipe: the girls who encode solve it. His alumni now work on Google, goal and hundreds of other new companies. Supporting them is not just charitable; It is a strategic investment in the most balanced and innovative future.
Underground Operation Railroad (ours)
Mission: Our jobs to rescue children from sex trafficking and exploitation and associations with the local police worldwide.
Modern slavery is real and profitable. It is time for ethical companies to help finish it. Our offers companies a direct way of participating in missions of conscience, financing and rescue. With ongoing cases in Central America and Southeast Asia, his work is urgent and impressive.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Mission: St. Jude leads the way in which the world understands, treats and defeats children’s cancer and other diseases that have life.
St. Jude’s combasion compassion with avant -garde research, a formula, each biotechnology or founder of health technology must admire. What distinguishes the issue is that families never receive an invoice. Startups can support them through percentage donations, corporate sponsorships or employee coincidence programs.
Startups are inherently optimistic. They are born from belief. But belief without action is hollow. These ten organizations are not just charity verification boxes. They are powerful channels of meaning, connection and responsibility. When the founders integrate to deliver in their companies, they not only enrich the world, they enrich their teams, their culture and themselves.
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As some who have gone from Bootstrap to Boardroom, from failure to fortune and founder to the founder, I can tell this: the success that is only feels empty. But when your company becomes a vehicle for change, everything you build begins to import more.
So, the next time you present your business, ask yourself: What are you building? for?
