The Power Of Influence
“There are two types of marketing: persuasion and influence.” Miri Hofman Yagalnik is a polished speaker with a lot to share. But more importantly, she knows how to share it. Temech’s public speaking course helped her hone those skills and become an influencer in the marketing world. Miri started her career path as an employee, […]
Cooking Up Success
“One day, I’m going to write a book.” It’s a classic dream. And for most, it remains a dream. But with Temech behind her, Menuchah Armel moved from dream to published cookbook in just a year. Menuchah’s been cooking since she was a teenager and catering for 15 years. “I do everything but weddings,” she […]
Getting to Give
Seven years ago, Esti Brizel dropped her nearly-six-month-old son Shimon off at the babysitter and went to work. Shimon never came home. “The horror of crib death touches every member of the family,” Esti relates. “There’s the agony of attending your baby’s levaya (funeral). And then there’s the pain of everyone around you: your husband, […]
Dream Big
Rivka Noe started her career on a typical trajectory. She graduated from Michlalah with an accounting degree, made aliya in the late 90s, and worked in an accounting office for a decade. Then she wanted to open her own practice. She began working from home, but it wasn’t sustainable. “There were too many distractions,” she […]
True to Myself
What makes a business sustainable? One important element is alignment with values. “As a business owner, it’s so easy to keep moving forward without looking at the business from a bird’s eye perspective,” says Gila Arnold. “Temech helped me clarify where I wanted to focus my energies. “And it was always couched in the larger […]
Built From Scratch
Chassida Rosenberg started creating art at the age of five. She’s never stopped. “As soon as I graduated, I learned to draw professionally,” she shares, “and I worked in event design.” Then she took over a photo-framing business. “It was physically challenging, but it channeled my creativity,” she explains. “I’d personalize the frames, paint some […]
Connect The Dots
Knowledge + Connection + Support = Income This is the winning formula Leora Gruen and I came up with when we tried to encapsulate the power of the networking group. Having led seven groups — and about to launch another — Leora has watched this formula change the lives of hundreds of women. Leora was […]
On Solid Ground
Twenty years into her marriage, Chaya Brandwein was blessed with eight children — and had purchased eight apartments on a teacher’s salary. She tries to explain the math, how she put aside 2,000 NIS each month until she had a nest egg of 60,00-70,000 NIS, how she’d then mortgage her Jerusalem apartment and use the […]
In Good Taste
“It’s all about confidence; if you feel confident in your offer, so will the client.” Rivky Deutsch has learned this Temech lesson well. Rivky entered the working world at the age of 17. “I’d taken a course in creating fruit platters,” she shares. “And I saw that the teacher, Tzippi Cohen, was the director of […]
Book Smarts
“Entrepreneurial know-how, connections, and accountability — that’s what Temech gave me.” Sara Miriam Gross is a journalist, and that’s obvious as we speak. She’s eloquent yet succinct, thoughtful yet precise. She’s dug up notes from her Temech networking group and can pinpoint the ways Temech helped her grow. Writing is in her genes; both her […]
Powerful Pivot
She was a creative soul and tried her hands at teaching, running a baby carriage accessory store, and creating a clothing line. But when Esti Steinberg went through her books and realized her business was bringing in just 2,000 NIS a month, she knew it was time to move on. She went to a graphologist, […]
Systemized Success
Seven years ago, she was making $12 an hour as a VA. Today, her full-service package – which she knocks out in a day – goes for $1,500. Temima Gass moved to Eretz Yisrael as an idealistic newlywed ten years ago. She spoke no Hebrew, but had a solid job at a US-based medical billing […]