On this page, we have compiled articles, videos, and audio clips from across the web, including newspapers, magazines, podcasts, and social networks, about the hackathons led by Galit Zamler, the Entrepreneurship for Kids Program, and other activities by Galit Zamler.
In May 2025, we hosted our second annual hackathon in collaboration with Ariel University's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center.
Following the events in Israel, the hackathon's theme was "War | Recovery | Renewal."
Israel Hayom newspaper published an article about the ideas developed in the hackathon.
The international magazine Innovation Insider, which focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation among the younger generation, published an article about the singularity event we led at Ussishkin School in Ramat Hasharon for 5th-grade students.
The editors of the international magazine FUTURA were exposed to the post we wrote about the hackathon at Givat Shmuel High School and decided to publish an article about it.
The article about the "Being Seen" hackathon was published in the June 2025 issue of the magazine.
In cooperation with Galit Zamler, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited the HaYovel School in Ashdod with a delegation of educators from South America.
Pnina Weinstein manages the school where Galit's Entrepreneurship for Kids program is taught.
Ashdodent, an internet magazine, covered the event:
Galit Zamler spoke in the lecture community about hackathons as a means to promote innovation. Everyone agrees that innovation is essential to an organization's growth and development. Galit explained in her lecture what hackathons are and how they are events in which innovation is generated from the bottom up, and therefore effective.
Galit Zamler acted as a judge in an international competition for entrepreneurs organized by the Krya organization in Indonesia.
Ital Batzir Alsech, who leads the municipal innovation club in Rehovot, invited six women innovation leaders to a 6:06 event. Galit Zamler also talked about how organizations promote innovation through hackathon events.
Watch the session of the Now You're Talking community run by Shirley Armeland Hen. The session dealt with the question "A Hackathon, Is It for Me Too?", moderated by Galit Zamler (In Hebrew).
As part of an international mentoring program led by the Women Tech Network association, Galit Zamler was recognized by the organization with a certificate of appreciation in 2022 for her mentoring activities.
Galit Zamler has joined the team leading the Global Innovation Field Trip, also known as The GIFT organization.
This organization brings together people from around the world who are involved in entrepreneurship education and who cultivate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
As a result of this activity, for the first time, students from three Israeli schools presented their project ideas at the international event organized by the organization in January 2022.
Or Pelach participated in a hackathon a few years ago and won first place with her team.
It was an excellent experience for her, and she wanted to learn more about hackathons.
Or interviewed Galit Zamler for the Be Relevant podcast (In Hebrew) about hackathons as a way to promote innovation in organizations.
Galit Zamler participated in an international conference for women in technology.
In her lecture, Galit shared the story of her Vickathon venture, which leads experiential hackathons.
Vickathon is a conversion of a technological component within the "Entrepreneurship for Kids" program into a new and advanced project for running hackathons and entrepreneurial competitions.
Galit also spoke in her lecture about the importance of positive thinking, identifying opportunities, the skill of "connecting the dots," and leveraging knowledge and resources, even during challenging periods.
Liel Fleishman, who runs the "Student" podcast, interviewed Galit Zamler.
We discussed entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, and related topics.
Feel free to listen to this session (in Hebrew) here.
The India Today Online Magazine conducted a comprehensive review of school entrepreneurship learning platforms, noting the Israeli Entrepreneurship for Kids (EFK) Program as one of the top platforms worldwide.
Galit Zamler, who founded Vickathon for leading experiential virtual hackathons, is one of 12 Israeli women who serve as tech ambassadors, part of a group of 100,000 women worldwide.
The Facebook group, Technological Innovation in Education, published Galit Zamler's point of view. Galit claims that "only a school staff that adopts a culture of entrepreneurship will make the school relevant."
It is worth noting that most respondents to the publication agreed with her statement.
Below is the content:
"That's Galit Zamler's opinion. Do you agree?
'When the school staff is familiar with the entrepreneurial arena and adopts the language, culture, and skills that it offers in the classroom and everyday life, it inevitably makes the school one that is relevant for the students and provides a learning experience that prepares them for tomorrow's world.
The entrepreneurial process includes many aspects of openness, brainstorming, teamwork, asking questions, researching, analyzing information, drawing conclusions, receiving feedback, standing in front of an audience, curiosity, communication skills, dealing with new things, experience, failure, success, etc.'
When assimilating a culture and the skills of entrepreneurship, learning occurs through interest, practice, and an ongoing development process that benefits both teachers and students.
Therefore, a school that wants to adopt a culture of entrepreneurship cannot be satisfied with an external facilitator who will run an entrepreneurship course with the students. A course like this could be exciting and enriching, but its impact is limited.
To be relevant to students and prepare them for the real world outside the school walls, one must undergo deep and continuous exposure to the world of entrepreneurship, understand it, and conduct themselves accordingly. This process should start with staff preparation.'
A little about Galit: She developed an entrepreneurship program for children and youth, as well as Vickathon, which leads experiential virtual hackathons.
Last year, the Israel21C online magazine published an article about the EFK program. Following the publication of this article, people from various countries around the world showed interest in the program, and three companies from India, Vietnam, and Botswana acquired licenses to distribute the program in schools within their respective countries.
Galit Zamler told Israel21C's reporter about it and thanked her for the coverage. The reporter decided to write a follow-up article titled "Our story leads to deals in India, Vietnam, Botswana."
This article also gained popularity on the internet, receiving numerous shares.
Not just the governments, but #Indian and #Israeli companies also love to partner with each other to create better future. #Israel's @galitzamler and her K-12 curriculum is creating winning formula for kids in #India through @carengrowind https://t.co/PJjXXMFudj pic.twitter.com/LEfSsGGyrw
— Israel in Bengaluru (@IsraelBangalore) June 19, 2019
The Open University's Entrepreneurship Club invited Galit Zamler to share her entrepreneurial story.
The name of the lecture was "From a Social Initiative in One Class to an International Business Venture."
The attendees were impressed and got inspired by Galit's story.
Watch the lecture (in Hebrew)
The online Jewish Magazine in Canada, Jewish Independent, wrote about how the EFK program began as a volunteer project and how it has evolved and spread to many Israeli schools and abroad.
At the beginning of January 2019, the EFK program was launched in India by Carengrow, led by Dr. Meghana. The program launches as part of an innovative and entrepreneurial event in cooperation with Mr. Winny Patro from the Ministry of Education in Andhra Pradesh.
Internet magazine Viral Mom interviewed Galit Zamler as an entrepreneur and asked her to give one tip, which, in her opinion, is the most important to success.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at the ISRAEL21c magazine, wrote about Galit Zamler and her entrepreneurial program.
The Entrepreneurship for Kids Program was launched for the first time outside of Israel at the Hebrew Academy school in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, under the leadership of Rabbi Avi Bossewitch, Dean of Academics and Innovation.
The Sun Sentinel magazine interviewed Galit Zamler and Rabbi Avi Bossewitch at the launch. To read the full interview, click on the link.
The JEducation World magazine also published an article on the implementation of the Entrepreneurship for Kids Program for the first time in the United States. Click the link for the full article.The Jeducation World magazine also published an article on the implementation of the Entrepreneurship for Kids Program for the first time in the USA. Click the link for the full article.
The Telecom News Magazine also reported on the launch of the Entrepreneurship for Kids Program in the USA.
Kav LaHinuch Magazine wrote in the "Good to Know" section, dated April 27, 2017, about the Entrepreneurship for Kids Program.
Sixth-graders at the "Katznelson" elementary school are studying entrepreneurial lessons led by the teacher Lee Glick.
The students thought about ideas for projects and prepared models, which they presented on a summit day to Galit Zamler, the developer of the Entrepreneurship for Kids Program.
The newspaper of the Southern Sharon Regional Council wrote about this:
Gil Shurka, a columnist for The Marker, wrote about the entrepreneurial program for children in schools.
Avi Weiss, the Editor-in-Chief of the Telecom News website, attended a lecture by Galit Zamler as part of the Open University Entrepreneurship Club.
In his article, "Our Oil Wells Are the Minds of the Entrepreneurs. Therefore, Starting Entrepreneurship in Elementary School," he summarized the main points of the lecture.
"I am 10" is a website that helps students learn and practice material taught in schools for free by using videos on various learning topics, thanks to the kind assistance of volunteers.
The site found it appropriate to mention our entrepreneurial program for children, which helps to build a better and more equal company. And for that, we would like to thank those behind the website "I am 10."
Tamira Galili, a magazine reporter for "Free Llesso," visited the HaShalom school in Mevasseret Zion, which has implemented the enrichment program for the second year, guided by Sigal Bar, the Vice Principal.
After the visit, she published an article titled "Learning to make dreams come true."
The article describes the Students' Room project, which young entrepreneurs carried out. It also tells about the Tu Bishvat Fair project and the first Hackathon for kid entrepreneur students in Israel.
This is part of the article:
"The entrepreneurship course, according to Galit Zamler, the developer of an entrepreneurial program for schools, helped the children to explore the subject in depth. During the initial meetings, they discussed the reasons why, in general, they should engage in entrepreneurship. What is the advantage they gain by developing initiatives? And what is the contribution of entrepreneurship to their lives?.
They reviewed and examined existing initiatives, defined the characteristics of potential entrepreneurs, and expanded their perspective to include the entrepreneur's immediate surroundings. They also examined feedback from the closest people and defined what a supportive environment is."
To define who is an entrepreneur, the students learned about the success stories of entrepreneurs. The students met with young entrepreneurs, some of whom were successful, while others had failed.
They wanted to learn from their experience. Later, they learned about the importance of defining a vision, formulated the principles of successful entrepreneurship, and discussed the needed resources. The young students were not deterred by the less pleasant aspects, such as common mistakes of entrepreneurs, as well as the review and analysis of failed ventures.
All this followed the discussion of why you should learn from the experience of others. Guest entrepreneurs were also invited to the course."
Read the full article by clicking on the link (in Hebrew).
In honor of 2014 GEW, several entrepreneurs were asked to write about their work.
Galit Zamler responded to the call, and the column she wrote appeared in an article published in the global news under the title "GEW in Israel: entrepreneurs for the sake of encouraging the periphery."
The subject of the column: "Israeli Students Mark the Global Entrepreneurship Week, by Galit Zamler."
The Great People Everywhere organization was established to contribute to and strengthen Israeli society by providing recognition, appreciation, and exposure to individuals who have chosen to transform their reality by contributing to the community and the environment.
The organization strives to promote the values of social justice and help others, which are reflected in both daily "little" deeds and influential acts.
The organization believes that the media does not provide a sufficient platform for social action, and therefore, Great People Everywhere sought to increase public exposure.
The organization works to expose and cherish the good people behind the deeds. This way, they believe awareness will increase and motivate the public to help others.
From the Facebook page of the organization:
Ladies and gentlemen! We are proud to present to you the latest righteous person of May: Galit Zamler. Galit was chosen as the Person of the Week.
Galit has been leading the successful Entrepreneurship for Kids Program for several years. Recently, the Israeli Foreign Ministry hosted a delegation of leading educators from developing countries to learn from Israel how it encourages entrepreneurship education from an early age. Galit does not manage the association and was not paid for her outstanding work; however, many schools are now implementing her program.
Galit, we have considerable respect for your contributions to the community and your efforts to promote young people worldwide, particularly in Israel. Congratulations! Give her encouragement for her excellent work and enter the page to give her a Like and recognize and appreciate more lovely people like her!
At the Amirim school in Binyamina, a group of students in grades 4-6 studied the entrepreneurial program under the supervision of Hila Attias Almagor. The local newspaper "Vine" wrote about the course.
The magazine "Head of Education facing educators in Israel, wrote about the subject of entrepreneurship in education and covered the activities of the children's entrepreneurial program.
Li Keren, a nine-year-old girl, disengaged from the television for 100 days, during which she discovered entrepreneurial activity.
Photo: Lilach Keren
In preparation for the 2010 GEW, Galit Zamler participated in a panel of entrepreneurs organized by the College of Management. The Financial Economist portal published an article, "Entrepreneurship begins with children."
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Anat Lev Adler wrote about the program in Yediot Aharonot.
Interview with Galit Zamler for the blog of Sagit Festman for the Saloona magazine on the subject "The entrepreneur is me".
The program was successfully implemented for two consecutive years at the religious Moreshet Moshe school in Ramat Gan.
The children, parents, teachers, and principal loved the program.
The young entrepreneurs were recognized, and their final project was published on the Ramat Gan municipality site.