Thanks
Mindsharing Book Acknowledgments
Mindsharing was created using Mindsharing with thousands of people. But before acknowledging them, I wanted to start by thanking two amazing people who created this book with me and were a huge part of this incredible journey I’ve been on.
My first and foremost thank-you is to Lara Love Hardin, my partner in writing this book. We’ve spent countless hours together in which I’ve learned to admire and adore her gift with words. If writing a book is like having a baby—although the pregnancy is longer than nine months—then Lara is the proud mother. Lara, thank you for your amazing work and friendship. You have a very special place in my heart.
Mindsharing is a special baby, as it has two fathers. My second huge thank-you is to my literary agent and Mindsharing’s second father, Doug Abrams. His exceptional vision, insight, and guidance made this book possible. Doug, I am so fortunate to have you as my friend and mentor. Thank you for transforming Mindsharing from a dream into a reality.
A big thank-you to the wonderful team of professionals at Portfolio: my editor, Maria Gagliano, and publisher, Adrian Zackheim, along with Rachel Moore, Will Weisser, Stefanie Rosenblum, and many others who make up this hardworking team.
I’d like to thank David Passig, my PhD professor, for introducing me to the fascinating world of crowd wisdom, and for being my mentor and inspiration.
To Peter Diamandis and Jeff Pulver for supporting Mindsharing from the very beginning. And to my friends who inspired me to write a book, Ilan Itzhayek, Dov Alfon, Gideon Amichay, Gil Peretz, Michael Weiz, and Abigail Tennenbaum.
I also want to thank Maya Elhalal-Levavi for changing my life by letting me know about TED auditions; Aya Shapir for giving me the name Mindsharing; and Or Sagy for suggesting I bring an ox on the TED stage. To Chris Anderson, Kelly Stoetzel, June Cohen, and the entire team at TED for inviting me to speak on the TED stage
Among the thousands of people who were a part of creating this book, a few stand out because they invested many hours in editing the book while adding their thoughtful insights. Thank you Arod Ballisa, Saviram Lior, Noam Ilovich, Daphna Joffe, and Sorin Solomon.
To Jonathan Klinger for his wonderful legal advice and personal story that gave me great insights about Mindsharing for love.
To Sharon Alon and the wonderful team at Herods Tel-Aviv for their generous invitation to write at their hotel while being inspired by the Tel-Aviv seashore.
A very special thank-you to my former managers and mentors, Arie Scope, Shimon Zacks, Meir Raz, Aliza Tamir, Danny Yamin, Adi Eyal, and Judi Granit for helping me to grow out of my comfort zone.
To my private crowd of close friends who are always there for me, Erez and Nava Simon, Rami and Iris Joseph, Yosi and Gili Taguri, Eran and Einat Arbel.
I’d like to thank my family, whom I love with all my heart. My parents, Varda and Moshe. My brothers, Liat and Gal. My wonderful in-law, Abraham. My children, Maya, Ori, and Assaf, and my wife and best friend, Ayala. You are the love of my life and the reason I’m in this world.
People typically think that writers create out of their own imagination. The reality is that Mindsharing is the product of thousands of brilliant people who came together to create a crowdsourced book about crowdsourcing. For everyone who was part of creating Mindsharing—thank you so much. I could not have done this without you.
These are member of my crowd who took an active role in reading, editing, giving suggestions and helping. The wisdom in this book is first and foremost belong to their collective intelligence, passion and enthusiasm to create a crowdsourced book about crowdsourcing.
I am only as good as my crowd.
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Adi Avnit
Adi Daniel
Adi Eyal
Adi Romem
Adi Zamir
Adina Hagege
Adrian Moskovitch
Ady Bertschneider
Ahuva Kamar
Alina Bernstein
Alisa Lutski
Aliza Tamir
Allon Dafner
Allon Mason
Almog Tal Ben Hamo
Alon Amir
Alon Barnea
Alon Gur-Arie
Alon Matas
Alon Refael
Ami Elazari
Amir Avnon
Amir Elion
Amir Hanan
Amir Haramaty
Amir Kaldor
Amir Keren
Amir Luz
Amir Pinto
Amira Cohen
Amit Banayan
Amit Lahav
Amit Raam
Amit Sharky
Amos Atia
Anat Amely
Anat Calo Levron
Anat Fanti
Anat Gur
Anat Hlfin
Anat Klumel
Anat Shani
Andrey Bukati
Arale Cohen
Ari Ben-Ephraim
Ari+Ella
Ariana Shalem
Arie Scope
Ariel Amit
Ariel Gottlieb
Ariel Rattner
Arik Ben-Dov
Arod Balissa
Asaf Alexanderovitch
Asaf Almog
Asaf Manor
Asaf Shmaya
Asaph Schulman
Assaf Younger
Assis Ruth
Avi Friedland-Zion
Avi Yafe
Aviad Hahami
Avigaile Moyal
Aviram Dar
Avishay Niv
Avishay Pariz
Aviv Matsa
Aviya Oren
Aya Shapir
Ayelet Tal
Ayelet Webber-Zvik
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Barak Gozner
Barak Raz
Barak Roth
BATIA SHAHAM
Bat-Zion leibovitch
Beatrice Almog
Bella Feld
Benjamin Feinstein
Benny Reich
Beto Maya
Billie Broaris
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Carlos Freund
Carmit Dotan
Carmit Klein
Clara Cohen
D
Daffy Shapir
Dafna Lifshitz
Dan Frommer
Dan Gross
Dan Lichtenfeld
Dan Mayzlish
Dan Mor
Dana Ashkenazi
Dana Bloch
Dan Friedman
Dana Friedman
Dana Nachmias
Dani Galil
Dani Shames
Daniel Matalon
Daniel Moran
Daniel Ohaion
Daniel Ravner
Daniel Samuel patrick
Daniel Shapiro
Danny Baltuch
Danny Hadad
Danny Roup
Danny Yanim
Dany Bar
Dany Rubinshtein
Daphna Joffe
Daria Mirkurbanova
David Elharar
David Friedman
David Shimon
David Tuchfeld
David Zusiman
Dean Livne
Diana Tenne
Dikla Edlis
Dina Alfasi
Dooby Flink
Dor Aviran
Dor Dali
Dor Pazuelo
Dori Ben Israel
Dorin Mandelbaum
Doron Avidar
Doron Benita
Doron Libshtein
Doron Schwartz
Dr. Gil Chapnick
Dror Liwer
Dror Pipano
Dvir Goren
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Edelman Arik
Efi Jeremiah
Ehud Dinerman
Einat Eliash
Einat Gross
Einat Raiff
Eitan Yurman
Elad Aviv
Elad Feldman
Elhanan Brisk
Eliav Alaluf
Eliea Alon Hacohen
Elinor Igal
Eliran Nagar
Ella Gabai
Ella Rashkovich
Eran Alshech
Eran Cohen
Eran Dror
Eran Ferri
Eran Gefen
Erez Kalev
Eran Kolber
Erez Ben-Moshe
Erez Greenberg
Erez Manhaimer
Erez Zehavi
Esther Feffer
Eti Golan
Etti Okon
Evgeny Klainer
Eyal Adanya
Eyal Ben-Ze'ev
Eyal Doron
Ezy levy
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Frida Dayan
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Gabby Begas
Gady grosz
Gady Margalit
Gai Zomer
Gal Corfas
Gal Oz
Gal Pasternak
Gal Righter
Gali Knobel
Galia Nevo
Galit Avinoam
Galit Azar
Galit Barash
Galit Solomonov
Gerry Sapir
Gila Oren
Gilad Chatsav
Gilad Chazav
Gilad Flint
Gilad Sasson
Gina Kass
Giora Golan
Granit Keren
Guy Einy
Guy Moskowitz
Guy Ronen
Guy Simhon
Guy Simon
Guy Yanai
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Hadas Adler
Hadas Ariel Blankchtein
Hadas Raz Gilboa
Hagai Pipko
Hagai Yedidya
Hagit Movshovitz
Haim Rubinstein
Hamutal Schieber
Hanan Lev
Hanna Ben Menachem
Hanoch Sachar
Hans Shakur
Helit Saad
Hila Granot Antebi
Hila Koren
Hila mitzner
Hilel Kobrovski
Hilel Shalev
Hilla srour
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Idan Arbiv
Idan Igali
Idit Reiss
Ido Yavnai
Iffat bar-kol Grecht
Igor Goldfeld
Igot Frenkel
Ilan Gattegno
Ilan Itzhayek
Ilan Levy
Ilana Tavor
Ilanit Aba
Ilanit Bar-Zeev
Ilya Polonsky
Inbal Asif Rothman
Inbal Betzer
Inbal Gelfarb
Inbal Shani Greenberg
Inbar klein
Iris Fink
Iris Noti
Iris Ticher
irit sharabani
Ishay Bason
Israel Blechman
Israel Kehat
Israel Litman
Itai Druckmann
Itai Preis
Itamar B
Itay lichtenzon
Itay Shiner
Itsik alfon
Itzhaki Merav
Itzik Ben-Shitrit
Itzik Gini
Itzik Lavi
Izak Cohen
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Jacob Grinshpan
Jermy Hoffman
Joel Califa
Judi Granit
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Karina Batat
Keren Kapulsky
Keren Landau
Kobi Pinker
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Leah Calo
Lev Oren
Li Aviram Shoshani
Libit Even-Paz
Lidia Shaddow
Limor Azulay
Limor Henig
Limor Lahiani
Limor Poran
Lior Avitan
Lior Cohen Amikam
Lior Dori
Lior Hadari
Lior Koren
Liora Titinger
Liran Aviv
Liran Kotzer
Liron Elbaz
Liron Milo
Lital Raz
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Mali Marton
Malkah Yair
Maor Chen
Margalit Brock
Marina Vaknin
Matan Bar Sela
Matan Yungman
Maya Barda
Maya Elhalal Levavi
Maya Miller
Maya Karmely
Maya Sagi
Mazi Solomon
Meir Ansher
Meir Kaufman
Meir Pinto
Meirav Keinan
Mel Rosenberg
Menachem Rozenblum
Meny Levy
Merav Sadovsky
Merav Greenzweig
Meytal Cohen
Micahel Fingerhut
Michael Arens
Michael Mishan
Michael Poroger
Michal Bareket
Michal Bleiman Harari
Michal Cohen
Michal Falk
Michal Levin
Michal Shargil Ben Sira
Mikey Levy
Mimi Barkan
Monika Bercu David
Mor Levin
Mordechai Zeitler
Mordehai Zaitler
Moshe Karasik
Moshik Chen
Moti Anav
Moti Berkovitz
Moti Krispil
Moti Sachrai
Motti Ben David
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Nadav Avidan
Nadav Drori
Narkiss Chen
Natan Levy
Natanel Levis
Nedira Shmueli
Neomi Heyman
Neriad Hakak
Nir Cats
Nir Dori
Nir Hoff
Nir Lewy
Nir Shilo
Niso Missistrano
Nissim Hofi
Noa Cohen
Noa Gottfrief
Noam Armonn
Noam Gold
Noam Ilovich
Noam Ron
Noga Zweigenberg
Noy Kedem
Noya Abramovich
Nurit Kruk-Zilca
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Oded Valin
Ofaz Brisker
Ofek Ashkenazy
Ofer Eyni
Ofer Feldman
Ofer Reiss
Ofir Goldman
Ofir Rob
Ofir Ron
Ohad Barash
Ohad Roth
Ola Yasinovi
Omer Lewy
Omri Keli
Opher Brayer
Or Tsviely
Or Yeger
Ori Eisen
Ori Segol
Orit Arkin Levi
Orit Tati
Orly Geva
Orly Krieger
Orly Leon
Orly Melamed
Orna Shalomof
Orni Pachman
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Pavel Zeldin
Pazit Levitan
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Rachel Zamir
Racheli Vanunu
Rakefet Shfaim
Rami Cohen
Rami Kleiman
Rami Michaeli
Rami Rachamim
Ran Cohen
Ran Magen
Ran Pinker
Ran Styr
Ravit Kalod
Raya Volinsky
Raz Rarush
Razia Weisselberg
Reut Menashe
Reuven Kogan
Revital Cohen Liverant
Rinat Bialer
Roei Ben Gal
Roi Fainstein
Roi Shahaf
Roie Shiloah
Ron Ahronson
Ron Ben-Haim
Ron Deutsch
Ron Schwartz
Ron Stern
Ronen Gafni
Ronen Hadas
Ronen Inbar
Ronen Shaal
Ronen Yechi Yechieli
Roni Bass
Roni Kenet Harmelin
Ronit Benbasat Rom
Ronit Doyev
Ronit Kamay
Ronit Vardi
Ronny Sherer
Rotem Bonder
Rotem Ganor
Rotem Nissim
Roy Ben-Alta
Roy Povarchik
Ruth Maller
Ruthy Amrani
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Sachar Hevrony
Sagi Frishman
Sagi Shani
Sahar Bar-Nissan
Sandra Eliash
Saray Danmias
Sarid Bar Meir
Sarit Haim
Sarit Naziri
Sarit Shani
Sarit Tamir
Sarital Landesman
Saviram Lior
Sendi Frangi
Shachar Hefetz
Shachar Mendelboim
Shachar Reichman
Shahar Halperin
Shai Cohen Laor
Shai Tzefadia
Shalev Shelly
Shani Levy
Shani Verbel
Sharon Beilis
Sharon Call Or
Sharon Gonen-Volkovich
Sharon Mass
Shay Ben Yaakov
Shelly Danosh
Shevik Tal
Shimon Doodkin
Shimon Hacoon
Shimon Saban
Shimon Zacks
Shira Levy Barkan
Shiri Fisher
Shiri Hirsch
Shirley Pollak
Shirry Harpaz-Dvir
Shlomi Perez
Shlomi Zigart
Shlomit Shohat
Shmulik Lederman
Sigal Shavit
Slava Luzakin
Smadar Or
Smadar Torres
Sorin Solomon
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Tal Bar
Tal Ninio
Tal Reuven
Tal Sarid
Tal Surasky
Tal Zaibert
Talya Miller
Tamar Guy
Tamar Obrasky
Tamar Shen-Orr
Tami Neuthal
Tammy Goren
Teddy Neuwirth
Tina Meerry Melusyan
Tom Sela
Tomer Ablkosh
Tomer Cohen
Tomer Novotny
Tzahi Manistersky
Tzipi Pinkus
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Udi Galili
Udi Gelbort
Uri Gordon
Uri Goren
Uri Savran
Uri Tagger
Uri Yehidi
Uriel Samson
V
Vardit Hemo
Vered Lasri
Vered Wolff
Vicky Meshel Lavi
Vladimir Soroka
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Xen Mendelsohn Aderka
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Yaacov Goldman
Yaacov Grinshpan
Yael Ariel
Yael Kalinsky
Yael Pedhatzur
Yael Peleg
Yael Wagner
Yafit Ido-Greenapple
Yair Engel
Yair Restatcher
Yanai Milstein
Yanir Alter
Yaniv Avital
Yaniv Ben Atia
Yaniv Raphael
Yaniv Yaakubovich
Yanush budnitzky
Yariv Bash
Yaron Chervin
Yeshayau Deutsch
Yfat Ben Elissar
Yifah Hermony
Yifat Yudevsky
Yigal Mor
Yitzhack Schwartz
Yoav Kula
Yoel Kaplan
Yogev Reinhold
Yonatan Frenkel
Yonatan Gat
Yoni Assia
Yoni Dror
Yonit Tzuk
Yoram Cohen
Yoram Marciano
Yorav Harel
Yosi Kan
Yosi Taguri
Yossi Behar
Yossi Dan
Yossi Levi
Yuli Desiatnikov
Yuval Lev
Yuval Machlin
Yuval Pecht
Yuval Pridan
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Zachi Diner
Zack Silbinger
Zen Ore
Ziggi Zukerman
Ziv Eden
TED Talk Acknowledgments
I created my TED talk using the collective wisdom of my friends and colleges through social networks and real life.
Many people chose to take an active role in this process and I wish to send them my deepest appreciation.
Prof. David Passig – My PhD professor for inspiring me and guiding me to focus my research at wisdom of crowds area.
Michael Weiz and Abigail Tenembaum from TAI Israel for coaching and inspiring me as a speaker.
Gil Peretz for his thoughtful insights, ideas and coaching on how to build an amazing talk.
Maya Elhalal Levavi for telling me about TED auditions and helping me be my best
Prof. Shimon Shocken for inspiring me to have my dream and for envisioning the first TEDx event in Israel
Yossi Doron for inspiring me to think big and helping me do rehearsals in front of a live audience @ Amdocs.
Eran Gefen for holding my hand during the TED Audition event in NY and inspire my creativity.
Aya Shapir for thinking of an amazing closing sentence at the audition: “Great minds think alike, clever minds think together”
Yosi Taguri my dear friend for making me try harder and giving the best advice I can get
Enav Mor who was the photographer at my wedding… and helped me make a video at the rehearsal @ Amdocs.
Ady Scope for so many insights, kind words and help improving my English.
Naor Suki one of the most amazing and creative designers I know who helped me designing ‘the road to TED’ blog
Adital Ela an Israeli TED fellow and an inspiring women
Nili Goldberg-Levi whom I met on the flight to do the TED audition in NY and became a friend and an inspiration
Meir Pinto an amazing photographer, web-designer and a smiling person for photographing me for TED
Barak Shitrit and Dov Sharon for helping me improve my English
Alon Refael and Karen Inbar for keeping me in balance
Avishai Pariz for the idea to create a moasic from the faces of the people who helped creating my presentation
Yaniv Katan for suggesting adding pictures of the people who helped me create my talk on the TED poster
Tal Shahar for helping me improve my presentation skills
Or Sagy for suggesting to have an ox on stage!
Kal Busman for sharing his inspiring story about crowd wisdom in Church
Shahar Pnini-Tal for helping me improve the outline of my talk
BenAlt Roi for suggesting a strong and inspiring opening
Tama Levine for sharing with me John Lenon’s quote: “When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality”
Oudi Antebi my dear friend, for inspiring me to strengthen only what I am good and giving me food for thought about my talk
Ilan Itzhayek for inspiring me to dream even bigger
Penny Barsimantov for giving me insightful feedback throughout my journey
Michal Yogev for upgrading my talk using wikipedia
Michal Gonen for her insightful feedback and long friendship
Noam Ilovich for helping me to improve my talk and suggesting the name Teddy 
Gideon Amichay for inspiring my to never get ‘no’ as an answer and helping me to improve my talk
Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, for the idea to post my talk on Wikipedia and let the crowd improve it
Danny Weisberg for inviting me to hold a rehersal in front of a live audience
Meital Chesner and Zohar Nativ from brando for designing the powerpoint for my talk
Gal Raij for editing the videos
Sorin Solomon for so many insightful and helpful comments
Galit Tuchterman for seeding the idea for my next dream – to help others make their dreams come true
Shari Wright Pilo for helping but more than that – for always smiling and believing in me
Shmuel Merhav for the most profound insight about motivation using crowd cheering
Gilad Chatsav my piano teacher and the best jazz artist I personally know for my talk soundtrack
Erez&Nava Simon, Rami&Iris Joseph my close friends for their support and and love
Mark Sylvester for being my HOST at TED
Uri Goren for so much support, feedback and ideas
Karen Dayan for her ideas and support for far away
Ori and Gil Beilin from the Beilinim, the most creative people I know, for designing a thank you ad
Nir Ben Yona Shein for lending me 2 of the coolest microphones I ever saw for my trip to TED
Michal Shargil Ben Sira for so much support and amazing coffee drawings
Trevor Kenwrick for his ideas and for improving my talk on Wikipedia
and last but not least, my closet friend, my true love and my wife, Ayala. We are experiencing this together…
(I apologize if I forgot someone as so many people are involved in this process. If I forgot you or you know someone that should be in this list – please let me know and I’ll be happy to add them)