Circles
Today, more than ever, significant parts of the population are struggling to cope with grief, diseases, relationship complications and other issues and require emotional support. Circles provides these people in life crises deep emotional support through moderated group support ‘circles'. The circles each include 6-8 like minded people and are moderated by mental health facilitators. The circles are highly personalised through proprietary matching algorithms of the circle to the member's needs. Circles is led by Irad Eichler, a serial entrepreneur who grew his previous venture from $40M in revenues and Dan Landa who led senior marketing positions at Google. To date Circles provided more than 100K hours of support
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Irad Eichler
Founder & CEO
Circles
Eichler, a married father of four who lives on a kibbutz in Israel, has built his career helping others. In 2005, he founded The Shekulo Tov Group, which helps people with psychiatric disabilities reach their functional goals, including employment, living independently, and pursuing their individual journeys. The Shekulo Tov Group is the largest organization (450 employees, $40M annual revenue) of its kind in Israel and provides services to more than 7,000 people annually. Eichler has been recognized by the United Nations for his work with those with mental health issues and developmental disabilities. He was also named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum, was awarded the Social Leadership Award by Bar Ilan University, and was named a Social Impact Hero by Medium Magazine. Eichler holds an MBA from the Academic College for Management, as well as a BA in Anthropology from Bar Ilan University. He also received an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Business School