The Profit or Pivot Podcast

The Profit or Pivot Podcast

Every entrepreneurial journey will result in either profit or pivot. In this podcast, I sit down with top-tier founders, VCs, & innovators to uncover the critical decisions that fueled their massive success. We dive deep into their journeys, exploring practical strategies you can apply. Each episode delivers actionable advice & inspiring stories designed to motivate & empower you on your own path. My mission? To decode the art of successful decision-making better than anyone in the world. Rated the #1 podcast in the world (by my mom).

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June 11, 2025 84 mins

Join host Matan Hazanov for an incredible discussion with Allen Lau, co-founder of Wattpad, the global storytelling platform that sold for an astounding $660M USD.

From his roots as a software engineer to scaling Wattpad to 100M users, Allen shares hard-earned lessons on finding product-market fit, navigating startup challenges, and the critical role of timing in building a powerhouse business. Now a venture capitalist at Two Small...

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On October 7, 2023, Israel was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists resulting in the worst single day massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. With the country now at war, how does civil society cope with 10-15% of its labour force being called up to military reserve duty?

David Shore, a Partner at OurCrowd, the most active venture capital investor in Israel joins me to discuss the situation in Israel and how startups he inv...

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Neil Nisker is a legendary Canadian entrepreneur who built and sold three wealth management businesses. Now running "Our Family Office" managing $800M for Canada’s wealthiest families, Neil shares his incredible journey, from his early days as a “gopher” on the Toronto Stock Exchange to cold-calling Sir John Templeton, sparking a 35-year mentorship.

He dives into contrarian investing principles, his 75x venture capital return, and ...

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Tamar Lyons quit her "dream job" in media making $40k/year to build a social media marketing agency and is now doing over $500k in revenues in just a couple of years and growing rapidly.

By her mid 20s, Tamar was married, depressed, and living a life that she didn't want. She was not living authentically. After realizing how much money she was leaving on the table, and some tough love from her mentors, Tamar decided to quit, and re...

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The stark reality for building a startup: the unexpected can happen at any moment.

Just 3 months after closing a $1M Seed round, COVID restrictions hit, resulting in a fast growing business reduced to $0 revenues. Eropa's strategic pivot with a very low cash burn while increasing the team & revenues was nothing short of a miracle.

It's a lesson in resilience and the power of quick, decisive action in times of crisis.

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