הַבֹּקֶרha-BO-kerהָיְתָהhai-TAלִיliמַצֶּגֶתma-TZE-getמוּלMULשְׁלוֹשָׁהshlo-SHAמַשְׁקִיעִיםmash-ki-IMבְּמִשְׂרָדbe-mis-RADבְּהֶרְצְלִיָּה.be-her-tze-LI-ya.בַּלַּיְלָהba-LAI-laשֶׁלִּפְנֵיshe-lif-NEIכִּמְעַטkim-ATלֹאLOיָשַׁנְתִּיya-SHAN-tiוְעָבַרְתִּיve-a-VAR-tiעַלalהַמַּצֶּגֶתha-ma-TZE-getעֶשְׂרִיםes-RIMפַּעַם.PA-am.כְּשֶׁהַפְּגִישָׁהkshe-hap-gi-SHAהִתְחִילָה,hit-KHI-la,הַיָּדַיִםhai-ya-DA-yimשֶׁלִּיshe-LIרָעֲדוּra-a-DUוְהַקּוֹלve-ha-KOLשֶׁלִּיshe-LIהָיָהha-YAמְעַטme-ATמְהֻסָּס.me-hu-SAS.הַמַּשְׁקִיעַha-mash-KI-aהָרִאשׁוֹןha-ri-SHONשָׁאַלsha-ALאוֹתִיo-TIעַלalהַמִּתְחָרִים,ha-mit-kha-RIM,וְעָנִיתִיve-a-NI-tiלוֹLOבְּפֵרוּטbe-fe-RUTוּבְבִטָּחוֹן.u-ve-bi-ta-KHON.הַמַּשְׁקִיעַha-mash-KI-aהַשֵּׁנִיha-she-NIרָצָהra-TZAלָדַעַתla-DA-atאֵיךְeikhנַרְוִיחַnar-VI-akhכֶּסֶףKE-sefבַּשָּׁנָהba-sha-NAהָרִאשׁוֹנָה.ha-ri-sho-NA.הַמַּשְׁקִיעַha-mash-KI-aהַשְּׁלִישִׁיha-shli-SHIיָשַׁבya-SHAVבְּשֶׁקֶטbe-SHE-ketכָּלKOLהַזְּמַןhaz-MANוְרַקve-RAKהִבִּיטhi-BITבִּיbiבְּעֵינַיִםbe-ei-NA-yimחַדּוֹת.kha-DOT.בְּסוֹףbe-SOFהַפְּגִישָׁהhap-gi-SHAהֵםHEMחִיְּכוּkhi-YE-khuוְאָמְרוּ:ve-am-RU:"נַחְשֹׁב"nakh-SHOVעַלalזֶהZEוְנַחֲזֹרve-na-kha-ZORאֵלֶיךָ."e-LE-kha."יָצָאתִיya-TZA-tiמֵהַמִּשְׂרָד,me-ha-mis-RAD,נָשַׁמְתִּיna-SHAM-tiעָמֹק,a-MOK,וְהִרְגַּשְׁתִּיve-hir-GASH-tiשֶׁנָּתַתִּיshe-na-TA-tiאֶתetכָּלKOLמַהMAשֶּׁיָּכֹלְתִּיshe-ya-KHOL-tiלָתֵת.la-TET.
This morning I had a slide presentation in front of three investors at an office in Herzliya. The night before, I hardly slept and went over the slide deck twenty times. When the meeting began, my hands trembled and my voice was a little shaky. The first investor asked me about the competitors, and I answered him in detail and with confidence. The second investor wanted to know how we would make money in the first year. The third investor sat quietly the whole time and only watched me with sharp eyes. At the end of the meeting they smiled and said: "We'll think about it and get back to you." I left the office, took a deep breath, and felt that I had given everything I could give.