First-cohort participants
Participants and the Yazam Ole team after one of the programme sessions.
Yazam Ole programme
Integrationin Israelthrough entrepreneurship
Second cohort
Starts 22 December 2026
First session: 17:00–20:00
Yazam Ole helps new immigrants settle in Israel by creating a new business or developing an existing one.
The programme combines systematic business education, the creation and launch of a real business, and participation in Israel's business and public life.
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First cohort
The programme in action
Photographs from sessions and closing events of the first Yazam Ole cohort.
A Yazam Ole session
An in-person first-cohort session: working with programme materials and discussing projects.
Diploma ceremony
The closing ceremony of the first cohort, where participants received their Yazam Ole diplomas.
Participant diploma
An example of the diploma participants receive after successfully completing the programme.
Pilot Cohort Participants
Different starting points, ideas and entrepreneurial outcomes.
Alex Dalevich
Leaving a weak model behind to find a stronger project
Alex joined with an idea for a 3D-printing marketplace. He calculated several business models, made a series of pivots, and abandoned the original project when its economics proved unsustainable. His final pivot led to a partnership with another participant and the international jewellery project CLOUDS.
«Walking away from the project was not a defeat, but an entrepreneurial decision that made room for a stronger opportunity.»Read the story →
Alexander Dalevich + Elena Dobrovolskaya
CLOUDS: 3D design × jewellery craftsmanship
Alex and Elena entered the programme with different projects and left with the joint CLOUDS collection. Five months later, they presented it at Romanian Jewelry Week 2025; the collection continues to sell, the team is developing new pieces, and they have applied to Digital Jewelry Week 2026.
«We combined technology and craft: a digital form became a piece of jewellery and reached an international stage.»Read the story →
Svetlana Sukhanova
From specialist to entrepreneur
Svetlana joined the programme with an established business and extensive professional experience. Over the year, she reassessed its model, calculated the economics of her services, recognised the limits of her previous approach, and began moving from constant personal involvement towards a system built on numbers, strategy, and a team.
«I used to see myself as a specialist who worked a great deal. Now I see myself as an entrepreneur building a system.»Read the story →
Dmitry Mitilman
A year of systematic product development
Dmitry expected a short training course but found a year-long mini-MBA-level programme: Lean Startup, economic and marketing tools, systematic idea validation, and support from Israeli entrepreneurs and experts.
«Despite many years of business experience, I discovered an entirely new level of working with a product.»Read the story →
Mikhail Katyshev
From a glass ceiling to a system for growth
Mikhail joined the programme as an established professional: over seven years, he progressed from working as a massage therapist to becoming a world champion and an instructor for an international massage association. Yet his business had reached a glass ceiling. The programme helped him structure his accumulated experience, build a system, and find a mutually supportive community.
«If I had taken this programme two years earlier, I could have saved tens of thousands of shekels on my mistakes.»Read the story →
Elena Dobrovolskaya
From creative intuition to a resilient business
Elena joined the programme with a jewellery brand and studio shop. She found new tools and a creative partnership, launched the CLOUDS collection, presented it at European Jewelry Week, and six months later felt genuine personal and business stability for the first time.
«I became bolder and stopped being afraid to move forward, while remaining as careful as I had always been.»Read the story →
Core programme - 12 months
Seven stages from a working idea to a controlled launch
At least one required meeting in every active week, with project work between meetings
Programme stage
- 01Start working together
- 02Form a working idea
- 03Understand the customer and their real situation
- 04Design the solution
- 05Test the solution and demand
- 06Build the business and financial model
- 07Run a controlled launch
How the work is organised+
- A shared sequence of stages and individual work on each participant's project
- Classes, workshops and new practical tools
- A full cohort and small working groups
- Support from coordinators, teachers, mentors and specialists
- Practical work with local people and organisations between meetings
Frequently Asked Questions
All questions →No. You can join the programme without a ready business idea. The early part of the programme includes a stage for finding, creating and initially developing possible directions. What you genuinely need is a serious intention to pursue entrepreneurship and a readiness to search for your own working idea.
Yes. The participant chooses a new direction or a substantial change to their existing business and takes it through all stages of the programme — from research to launch. Entrepreneurial experience helps them go deeper on their own project and share practical knowledge with other participants.
Yes. You can join the programme with basic Hebrew or none at all. The programme helps you prepare to communicate with locals, customers, entrepreneurs and organisations, gradually making use of the language, translation, prepared materials and support from other people.
Participants search for customers and partners themselves, with the team's support. Teachers, mentors and experts help work out who to look for, prepare the outreach, choose suitable communities and channels, and overcome language and cultural barriers. The programme cannot promise a specific customer, partner or outcome of an introduction in advance.
The participant reviews the evidence gathered and works out why that happened. They can then change the solution, choose a different customer group, refine the problem, substantially rework the project, find a new idea, or — by mutual agreement — join another participant's project.
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M1 Solutions
M1 Solutions Development Company
BGL Israel
Professional club and educational center for entrepreneurs
Petah Tikva Municipality
Petah Tikva Municipality
PI Plus Education
Educational platform for professional development
T-Print
Printing and typography services
ELIS NESS
Design studio by Inessa Shapovalov
TBP
Clothing and accessories brand
BaLi Wedding
BaLi Wedding House
Petah Tikva Absorption Department
Petah Tikva Absorption Department
Ilka Gutman
Insurance and finance specialist
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