Dr. Maria Blekher, the founding Director of the YU Innovation Lab at Yeshiva University joins Joanne on the podcast today.  They talk about how the YU Lab is connecting start-ups based in New York City and Israel, what she sees as the real growth areas in the tech sector, how the pandemic has accelerated this borderless innovation hub and the advice she has for entrepreneurs.

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Marketing, Mindfulness, and Martinis – an unfiltered look at what's changing and what's not – in business and in life – is a weekly podcast hosted by Joanne Tombrakos. Joanne is a Professor of Marketing at NYU and the Katz School at Yeshiva, a Digital-First Marketing and Business Strategist, Personal Brand Advisor, an Author, and a Writer. Each week Joanne offers a mixture of diverse and real-life conversations with industry leaders navigating the change in their businesses and their lives in this time of uncertainty as well as occasional rants from her on timely topics that she just can't keep quiet about. For more about Joanne, visit joannetombrakos.com