Avi Liran – Invest in Startups With Strong Company Values

<p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/avizliran/?originalSubdomain=sg"><strong> Avi Liran</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is on a mission to delight the world; one person, one workplace, one community at a time. He was made in Tel Aviv in 1962 and came to Singapore in 1992 as the trade and tourism commissioner of Israel. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) who consults and trains leadership teams of top fortune 500 companies on how to cultivate delightful leadership that empowers a culture that delivers delight to the employees and customers. He was the Chief Marketing Officer of two software companies.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a diplomat and economist, he had initiated two funds between Israel and Singapore that now manage more than a billion dollars. As a VC strategist, he facilitated nine investments in startup companies in Israel for Singapore Telecom, which bought two companies in Israel for half a billion dollars.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the past decade, he has been researching values, welling, and appreciation. He is writing the Delivering Delight book that will be published next year after the book “First Time Leadership.” He is co-writing and researching now with Daniel Lee.</span></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>“There’s no half full or half empty. There is a glass issue to be grateful for, and there is an effort to go and fill the glass.”</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avi Liran</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Putting his money where his mouth is</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avi was working for Singapore telecom investing in Israel when he came across a startup company doing IP PBX over the internet. The company had the best technology at the time and was worth billions of dollars. Avi realized that the