Episode #257: Adding Value with Litan Yahav

Aug 29, 2022

Welcome back to Passive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate! Joining us in conversation today is Litan Yahav, who, along with his partner Tomer Salvi, successfully started and sold Segoma, a diamond display technology that disrupted the global industry. After finding success in passive real estate and private equity investment, the founders decided to build a startup for planning and controlling their wealth, and the wealth of others like them. Thus, Vyzer was born! Tuning in today, you’ll hear the story of how they started and sold the technology which became the international standard for diamond imagery. Litan also educates listeners on the difference between an operator, syndicator, and sponsor, and talks about the role of creating community through his business. Hear about his learnings from serving in the Navy, and the biggest challenge he and Tomer have faced while building their business. Tune in to hear all this and more today! 

Key Points From This Episode:

  • Introducing today’s guest, Litan Yahav. 
  • The story of how Litan and Tomer created the technology which became the global standard for diamond imagery.
  • What the exit process was like and how they decided where to go next.
  • Leveraging the network along the way to find preferred operators and business through word of mouth.
  • Distinguishing between operator, syndicator, and sponsor. 
  • Their target: people like them. 
  • The role of creating community in building the business from the ground up.
  • Why certain operators wouldn’t want their LPs to put their information on Vyzer.
  • Why bettering their product and finding what brings most value has been their biggest challenge to date.
  • How being outsiders to the diamond industry positioned him to make a meaningful contribution.
  • What serving in the Navy taught Litan and how he uses his learnings today.
  • His value of making a lot with a little. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Litan Yahav on LinkedIn
Litan Yahav on Twitter

Litan Yahav on Facebook

Litan Yahav on Email
Vyzer

Segoma

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