Interview with Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur Arie Brish

Arie is all about growth in business. He has a business book called Lay an Egg and Make Chicken Soup, this book is not a recipe cookbook its a recipe for business. Arie Brish is a cross-functional expert in growth strategies, commercializing innovation, change leadership and turn-around. He is also a best seller author of “Lay an Egg and Make Chicken Soup”, and speaks frequently about the concept of the book. Mr. Brish brings to the table lessons learned and best practices from a wide variety of projects in different industries and across diverse business disciplines. His business acumen includes Board of Directors and Advisory Boards, CEO & GM roles, M&A, business development, turnarounds and change leadership, working with Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, Venture Capitalists and Private Equity, consulting engagements, as well as non-profits. Career Highlights: Growth strategies: Arie scaled business unit revenue from $288M to $710M in four years propelling market share from #4 to #1. Change Leadership and turnaround: Mr. Brish has executed multiple turnarounds. He led a major profit improvement project of a $200M business unit that achieved a 24% gross margin improvement in two years. He also led a quality improvement effort that resulted a 90% failures reduction in a $1B deployed equipment. Investments and M&A: Over the years Arie raised more than $100M from corporate sources, private equity investments, VCs, and government grants. Provided due diligence services. Participated in several M&A transactions. Commercialization and entrepreneurship: Launched over ten start-up businesses. Three exits. Over half a dozen still in business. While in the Fortune 500 world, he initiated an innovation process that resulted over 40 successful products. Mentor in several accelerators. Limited Partner in OurCrowd. Board of Directors and Advisory work: Tehuti Networks, Binalgo, NV Earth, Deverus, Sensuron, Almon Alexander, Corner Stone, X2X, Austin Marathon, Texas-Israel Chamber