The Excel Ventures Program is an innovative 10-week intensive entrepreneurship training track meant for aspiring entrepreneurs from leading academic institutions in the U.S., or recent graduates thereof, and promising young Israelis. During the program, the participants will undergo an accelerated process of venture creation starting from team formation, ideation, and validation to creating an early stage proof of concept. The Excel-Ventures Program provides 20 Jewish Americans and Israelis who have shown entrepreneurial potential and leadership skills with an intensive summer experience in Tel Aviv, Israel and is designed to effectively empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. Teams of American and Israeli participants will engage in a fast-paced venture creation curriculum in order to gain effective tools and maximum practical exposure to the "starting-up" process.