And the second week of my summer Israel experience comes to a close. Settling in to my role here at Mobileye ®, I worked diligently all week reading and preparing for my main project, the effectiveness report. The project has proved so extensive that I did not finish the first draft yet. I have finished all of the reading provided to me by Mobileye, and have almost finished extracting and sorting this information into 5 categories: the executive summary, and the 4 main features of the product. This is not only giving me an idea of how I want the report to be constructed, but also leading me to the missing pieces of research that I will seek out over the next week. Coming up next week, I will find the missing pieces and begin to write the report. I have also helped out with other tasks around the marketing office such as editing the monthly newsletter and logging contacts into the database. It was another great week at work but also a sentimental one, as Marcom director Nicolas Slobinsky left Mobileye Wednesday due to his upcoming marriage and move to Canada. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Nico over the past couple weeks and his advice, guidance, and friendship here were invaluable to me as I began my Israel journey. He will surely be missed.
Outside the office, a lot has happened since I last blogged. The Tamid crew enjoyed a wonderful dinner Thursday night with Benchmark Capital’s Elie Wurtman and Greenroad founder Hod Fleishman at the Mamilla hotel in Jerusalem. The dinner was an absolutely incredible experience; we learned alot about venture capital and entrepreneurship in Israel, as well as received invaluable advice about the future of Tamid. Nathan, Ally, and I were also able to meet Mr. Fleishman again last night at Beit Ticho for a brainstorming session over dinner. Hod is truly a visionary and is developing creative ideas with us as we seek to transition Tamid from its start-up stage to a brand name. We can’t thank Hod enough for his time and positive energy. This looks to be the beginning of a beautiful partnership.
Other events of this past week included some Tel Aviv beach time, a homemade Friday night dinner with roommates and friends, and a night out with Nico and Mobileye intern Eli to watch Nico’s home team Argentina beat Mexico in their world cup matchup. What a week! Look out for some pictures next week, our internet was out at home so this blog is coming to you live from Mobileye studios (where I don’t have my camera). Also, my roommate DJ F-rhyme and I will be producing a couple of hip-hop tracks over the course of the summer – I’ll keep you posted on the progress.
Until next time…
