Podcast - Limor Bergman Gross - Executive & Leadership Coach for Women Tech Leaders

Welcome to ‘From a Woman to a Leader,’ a podcast dedicated to discussing women’s unique challenges in tech leadership and providing actionable tips to help overcome those challenges and grow your career in the tech industry.
In each episode, I will speak with successful women in tech who have navigated the industry and come out on top, sharing their stories, insights, and advice for other women looking to do the same.
Whether you’re just starting out in your tech career or a seasoned professional looking to take the next step, this podcast is for you.

You look around at the founders, and at the people who keep getting ahead, and they all seem to have the technical background you don’t. The right unit in the army, the right degree, and a keyboard in their hand since they were kids. So somewhere along the way, you decided that building your own thing, or going after the bigger role, isn’t really for someone like you.

Naama Nicotra is living proof that the story isn’t true. She studied industrial design, served as the first training officer in a brand new commando brigade, and never wrote a single line of code. Today, she’s the founder and CEO of NakedPak, creating food packaging you can actually cook and eat, with no plastic and no waste.

In this conversation, we talk about what courage really looks like when there is no single brave moment, why success is the small wins you let yourself celebrate, and how she keeps going after every rejection instead of crawling under the blanket.

In this episode:

Why courage is rarely one big moment, and what it actually looks like up close
How to keep moving after rejection (Naama’s “rejection folder” will stay with you)
What success really means before you’ve launched, raised, or “made it.”
Why people genuinely want to help you, and how to ask so they say yes

About Naama:Naama Nicotra is the founder and CEO of NakedPak, the first brand creating edible, hot water-soluble food packaging that leaves no plastic, no waste, and no chemicals behind. She came to entrepreneurship not from a tech unit or a coding bootcamp, but from industrial design and from building things from scratch, including as the first training officer in a new IDF commando brigade. Her perspective is a reminder that there is more than one way into this world.

Connect with Naama:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naama-nicotra-1b9232174/

NakedPak: http://www.nakedpak.com/

Connect with Limor:Website: https://limorbergman.comPodcast: https://limorbergman.com/podcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/limorbergman/Substack: https://limorbergman.substack.com

For anyone searching: starting a business without a technical background, how to find the courage to start, dealing with rejection as a founder, what success means for an early-stage entrepreneur, women in tech, and female founders.

You Don’t Need a Technical Background to Build Something | Naama Nicotra, NakedPak

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You Don’t Need a Technical Background to Build Something | Naama Nicotra, NakedPak

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