Real success stories.
Remarkable results.
Business owners across Israel share their success stories — and how NIRMAKO's peer advisory board Israel program transformed the way they lead, decide, and grow.
NIRMAKO is the official TAB (The Alternative Board) partner in Israel, led by business coach Nir Makovsky. The success stories on this page come from real members of the peer advisory board Israel program. Moreover, TAB connects CEOs and business owners from non-competing industries who meet monthly to share challenges, exchange ideas, and hold one another accountable. In addition, every member receives individual coaching sessions. Therefore, these success stories represent authentic voices from real estate investment, industrial design, language localization, and B2B marketing technology.
Josh Rothstein
"Makovsky is both a friend and an investor. When I told him I wanted a board to share ideas with—he showed me TAB. I joined immediately and found a lot of value."
Josh Rothstein founded CSP Investments in 2014 in Florida with one goal: build a business that lives by cash flow and generates passive income for himself and his investors. Although Israeli, he chose the US market because its real-estate yields—around eight percent—far outpace Israeli rates of one to four percent.
Furthermore, his portfolio now spans residential and commercial properties in Florida, New York, South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, and Oklahoma, managed by a team of thirty to forty people. Rothstein's speciality is upgrading properties: buying under market value, renovating, and selling above.
Every investor receives monthly updates and profit distributions. Additionally, Rothstein himself visits the US quarterly to personally inspect all assets.
Rothstein joined the peer advisory board Israel program specifically to connect with business leaders outside real estate. In particular, he values the one-on-one coaching for accountability and the monthly board meetings for diverse perspectives—both of which help him make better decisions and stay on track.
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Ziv Goldin founded A2Z-Design after a career in electronics and industrial design—starting with army service and culminating in a degree that led him to build his own innovation studio. As a result, A2Z now provides full-cycle product development: design, engineering, manufacturing, and 3D printing.
Goldin runs a radically open workspace: no silos, no hierarchy—just designers and engineers collaborating in the same room. Indeed, he credits this environment with the team's year-over-year improvements in speed and quality. His guiding principle: "There is no such thing as impossible."
As CEO of a small company, Goldin lacked the formal board of directors that larger companies use for strategic guidance. Therefore, joining the peer advisory board Israel program filled that gap. He describes the group accountability as a "social incentive" that keeps him disciplined on goals—and the cross-industry perspectives constantly expand his thinking.
Batia co-founded Q-Lingua in 2016, bringing together a career in international business development and a lifelong love of language. Furthermore, the company translates from Hebrew into 15 languages and from English into all languages—while also producing content for user manuals, marketing materials, and more.
Q-Lingua's model centers on dedicated project managers who become experts in each client's voice and terminology. As a result, 70–80% of business comes from returning clients and referrals. Moreover, the company functions as its clients' in-house language department.
Nir Makovsky had been Batia's mentor before recommending the peer advisory board Israel program at a pivotal moment in her business. Indeed, she finds the monthly board meetings most valuable—a confidential space to surface dilemmas she can't share with her own team. Additionally, one-on-one coaching keeps her accountable to an achievable plan.
Yaron Shifman built Swayhly to solve one of the hardest problems in B2B: consistent deal flow. Through account-based marketing strategies, Swayhly helps companies systematically reach ideal customers and generate qualified pipeline—without relying solely on personal outreach or referrals.
His approach is data-driven and scalable, designed for founders and sales leaders who want growth that doesn't require them to be "always on."
The peer advisory board Israel program gave Yaron a structured forum to pressure-test his strategies with fellow business owners from different industries. Furthermore, the combination of monthly group sessions and individual coaching with Nir Makovsky accelerated his decision-making and kept his growth roadmap on track.
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