I am fundraising to be able to complete my MBA and graduate in 2024! I have tried to fund myself as much as I can to get this degree, but after completing Year One of my classes I realize that I need a little help to get to the end of year two and one of the most important lessons I've learned in life is, never be afraid to ask for help.

I have spent my adult life trying to give back as much as I can, helping where I can, mentoring those who asked for it and where I could, promoting social causes, volunteering, and standing up for the values of equality and social justice I strongly believe in. Now I need to ask for something that will help me continue on this path.

Last year I took on a challenge to start my Executive MBA at Hult International Business School in London. It has been a challenging year, both academically and professionally trying to juggle all the tasks, assignments, and duties that I had given my commitment to achieve.

But I made it. I was on the Dean’s List for the first term of my studies, I allowed myself to step out of my comfort zone, by taking on courses that seemed so far away from the usual things I would do. I met great people. Great friends. I had the BIGGEST possible support from my workplace, which not only gave me the time and space to study but who have been a great fountain of knowledge and support when I needed it. (Thank you!)

But now as Year two is about to start, the numbers just don’t add up and here I ask the help of my community, contacts, and friends to help support me financially to be able to graduate next year. People who know me, know that I have worked very hard to get to where I am today and against many odds am still trying to make something out of myself (even though my high school teachers told me that nothing will come out of me. Very supportive….).

I am aware that times are tough all around, but I would be grateful for any support. I pledge that 10% of all donations will be given back to the community by a donation I will make as soon as I graduate. I strongly believe that the degree I will earn will give me the tools and knowledge I am lacking to continue to grow personally as well as to continue and give back stronger than I have before.

Below is the personal statement I wrote and with which I was accepted to Hult:

One of the more complex questions I had to answer when I was growing up was “So, where are you from?”. What made this question complex?

Well, more than anything it was the fact that usually the answer would lead to a long speech on how I was born in one place, with parents who were born in two other places, that I had spent most of my younger life moving from one country to another. “Where am I from?” I would say, “I’m a little bit from everywhere:”

The complexity of this question as a child gave me the biggest opportunity as a grown-up. The idea that one could be from anywhere and everywhere was also my guiding line when I started my career. This would be how I would approach opportunities, look at job openings and think of what I want to be over the years. My main purpose was to achieve as much as I could with the fact that I could gather from anywhere what I needed to push forward.

When I first started working in Venture Capital, I was, literally, a fish out of water, having come from working in the Public Sector. I quickly came to the realization and understood that the only way in which I can succeed is to constantly keep learning and to not be afraid to ask for help and guidance when I found myself in unknown situations or confronted with a task that was new to me. This enabled me to be able to, not only, grow professionally but to also surround myself with mentors and experts that allowed me to view the world, and the business, through their eyes. I was able to move into new roles and take on new responsibilities and to continue learning all the time. I credit these mentors with enriching me with their knowledge which, on the other hand, was always paired with my will to always be better.

Always being better is something that I continue to do, by challenging myself all the time. I found this true not only in my professional life but also in my personal life, where my biggest challenge was my self-relocation to Italy four years ago. It is this will that has now brought me to apply to the program at Hult International. I feel that at this moment I could challenge myself to grow further and that the professional tools and experience I have gained throughout the years both in Israel and in Italy, from my military service to my role as Director, needs an additional boost, this time in studies, to allow me to be better and reach additional goals I would like to set for myself in the coming years.

This is a dedicated website for this cause. On this site you will find information, a possibility to view grades and assignments submitted in Year One and other essays I have written.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT