Collective is a curated community and space for world-class entrepreneurs and operators who join forces to explore new ideas and support each other in building what comes next. No strings attached.
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Introducing the Collective
Who can join?
Repeat entrepreneurs and world-class operators. The best time to join is just as you decide to start something new, when you don't yet know what you'll start or who you'll start it with.What do you get?
Work within a tight-knit community of outstanding like-minded future founders supporting each other with what comes next in a shared workspace. Each cohort is three months and participants come in two days a week. Think of this as being an EIR.Why join?
Working from home is lonely and working from cafes is not productive. Figuring out your next move is challenging in that atmosphere. We believe bringing together exceptional founders and world-class operators who are exploring what they want to build next has tremendous value. We give you a space and community as you navigate this period. No strings attached, this program is entirely free.Where is this?
We're active in Tel Aviv today. We also plan to start this in NYC.When is this?
Collective's next cohort starts on June 17th, and ends on September 15th, 2024. In order to participate, you will need to commit to working from our shared workspace twice a week.Who's behind this?
Collective is led by Ben Lang and Raphael Ouzan, who for many years have been running an exclusive series of gatherings in Tel Aviv and New York for outstanding individuals exploring what comes next in their journey. Dan Schreter launched the first two batches in 2019 and built out the framework for this program.Please see our FAQ for more details.
PAST FELLOWS
Past participants have gone on to do amazing things following their membership in Collective and raised over $154.3M for their new companies:
2019: Yotam Cohen, founded Daisy, raised $4.5M
2019: Ohad Tzadok, Cofounder/CTO, Alike Health, raised $11.3M
2019: Shmulik Grizim, Cofounder, Webydo
2019: Yoav Vilner, founded Walnut, raised $56M
2019: Vadim Zak, Co-Founder, Kooply, raised $18M
2019: Irit Sternberg, CEO, Ekkosec
2019: Ilan Leibovich founded Piggy, raised $7.7M
2019: Tal Adler, cofounder, Boards, raised $15M
2019: Eddie Smolyansky, Head of Research, Alibaba Israel (machine vision)
2019: Noa Danon, founded EverAfter, raised $13M
2019: Ron Reiter, cofounder, Sentra, raised $30M
2019: Karin Levi, Product Maretking Manager, Google, Firebase
And more incredible past fellows...
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FAQ
- Who is Collective for?
- What is Collective?
- How does Collective work?
- What's the Collective program like?
- What's the Collective space like?
- What are the fellowship commitments?
- How does the application process work?
- What are the screening criteria?
- What are the dates and deadlines for applying to the next cohort?
- What are the values of Collective?
Who is Collective for?- Collective is a community of repeat entrepreneurs and world-class operators.
- Timing is critical. The optimal time to join Collective is just when you decide to start something new (even if you don't yet know what you'll build or who you'll be doing that with).
- We're passionate about keeping Collective as diverse as possible. We're committed to inclusion across gender, race, religion, age, identity and disability.
- Applications are rigorously reviewed by the Collective team.
What is Collective?- Collective is a curated community and space for world-class entrepreneurs and operators who join forces to learn, explore new ideas, and support each other in building what comes next.
- We focus on the earliest phases of ideation, where entrepreneurs and operators face extremely high expectations. Collective leverages the power of a group of outstanding like-minded founders going through this challenge in parallel, to help each of us get better results.
How does Collective work?- You'll become a fellow in Collective for a three month period. During that time you'll work out of the Collective workspace, engage with your cohort, and support each other through the early phases of ideation and starting to build your most ambitious company yet.
What's the Collective program like?
- We provide a space twice a week for you to come work from with fellow members.
- Once a week we host a weekly stand-up where everyone in the group shares their updates, feedback and any assistance they need.
- We occasionally host dinners and gatherings with a wider network of founders/operators who are exploring to expose you to more ideas and potential collaborators.
- We keep the agenda very light to give you the space and time to explore on your own and with other members.
What's the Collective space like?
- Collective's next cohort will be hosted in HaTachana station, next to Neve Tzedek.
- We have space available where you can bring your laptop to co-work with other members of the program as well as a shared kitchen and space for meetings.
What are the fellowship commitments?- Focus on building your most ambitious company yet - you'll be dedicated to advancing your ideation process, and avoid distractions.
- Shape Collective - by engaging with other members, supporting them and accepting their support. Many fellows feel the interactions with other members of their cohort decisively contributed to their ideation process.
- Participate in the weekly stand-up.
- Work out of the Collective workspace - during the fellowship period, the Collective shared workspace will be your primary office.
How does the application process work?- You'll receive email confirmation once we start processing your application, usually within one business day.
- Applications are rigorously screened by the Collective team.
- We'll be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and recommend applying early. The final decisions, however, will only be made once all applications (submitted on time) are processed.
- Collective cohorts are small, and there are many great applicants we are forced to reject due to the limited number of spots. Applicants who were previously rejected and are interested in participating in a later cohort are therefore more than welcome to re-apply.
What are the screening criteria?- The Collective screening process has two purposes - to ensure we accept the best possible applicants, and to ensure Collective will be a good fit and provide them immense value. Some criteria therefore focus on who you are, while others focus on context.
- Experience is a must have - Collective is a community of repeat entrepreneurs and operators. For an entrepreneur, this means you (co-)founded at least one start-up that either raised capital or was cashflow-positive, and operated over a significant period of time. For an operator, this means you've served in key-roles in startups over a significant portion of a start-up's life cycle. You stand out due to the unique role you played, the quality of your performance, and\or the breadth of your experience.
- Your timing is right - so Collective can meet your needs. This means you're already committed to starting a company, but you're still looking for ideas, and open to a wide range of possibilities. Most fellows don't have co-founders at this stage, but that is not a criterion.
- Your goal is to build something BIG. We leave the definition of BIG to you, but if you're not hungry and ambitious, Collective is not the right place.
- Collective's collaborative, community-centered approach matches your work style and preferences.
- You're available to fully participate in all parts of the program (see fellowship commitments above).
What are the dates and deadlines for applying to the next cohort?- Collective's next cohort starts on June 15th, and ends on September 30th, 2024.
- Applications are currently open, and close on May 30th, 2024.
- Applicants will receive responses by June 5th, 2024.
What are the values of Collective?- World-class fellows: the collective is as good as its fellows.
- Outstanding quality: starting with the fellows, including speakers, partners, sponsors, the Collective workspace, etc. Every part of Collective inspires excellence.
- Community-first: fellows help each other bring value to the community.
- Valuable to the ecosystem on which it relies: While Collective is by nature exclusive, we strive to provide value to stakeholders in the larger ecosystem.
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