MI: Ukrainian Pitch

Alex Bornyakov — Deputy Minister of The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in charge of IT. We were talking about Diia City, a special legal framework for the IT industry. Also, we’ve discussed E-residence, paperless initiatives, digitalization of entrepreneurship tools and tax system, simplifying entry for IT-employees from other countries, and the attraction of investment to Ukraine....

Nataly Veremeeva — Director at TechUkraine. Org, the Gate to Technological Ukraine. We were talking about Ukraine as a Wild East full of opportunities, about the pros & cons of launching a startup in Ukraine. Why the Founders of Ukrainian Unicorns often do not communicate proudly "made in Ukraine'? What else has to be done in Ukraine to have a Silicon Next Big Something? Who is in charge of that —...

Co-hosts of the show decided to reflect on previous episodes of the podcast, to thank its amazing guests for coming and to plan the next catchy topics with cool guests who push Ukraine forward.  This episode is more like an inner briefing but a cozy one. Don't judge too harshly. Instead, don't hesitate to send feedback or any of your ideas for the show to dominique@unit.city Thanks for sound engin...

Nicholas Tymoshchuk - CEO of UFuture holding company. He is an inspiring leader and innovative manager who established enterprises; launched greenfield projects with major international corporations, he has broad expertise in business development; corporate, government, and public affairs in Ukraine, EU, and the USA. Nicholas Tymoshchuk is proficient in policy and regulatory framework, trade, and...

Eli David – the founder and CEO of StartupBlink, Global Map of Startups & Ecosystem Rankings. In 2020 report the Kyiv startup ecosystem is ranked #1 in Ukraine and 32 globally among 1000 cities. We were talking about the definition of the ecosystem, about conditions for growth. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Is that right regarding startups? P.S. Couple of words about circumstances this...

 Andrew Sorohan is Venture Lead of u.ventures, one of the VC funds in Ukraine that really invests in tech. There are Petcube and 3DLOOK in their portfolio. We were talking about startups & investment in Ukraine in numbers and figures.   Big thanks for sound engineering to @masterskayalab

Andrew Archer - a serial entrepreneur with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and robotic systems, began building robots at the age of 12 and subsequently started his first company at 16. Now he lives in Kyiv and runs a business here. Andrew Archer is, among other things, the CEO of Aitheon, a business automation platform giving businesses the ability to leverage Artificial Intelligence, process a...

 Alena Kalibaba - CEO of Chasopys “creative space”, a major player in Kyiv for co-working spaces and also Board Member of Radar Tech, a corporate accelerator well know in Kyiv. We were talking about women in the tech industry, free online products, crisis and its effect on the ecosystem, accelerators as a business, and a lot of different tech stuff.   Big thanks for sound engineering to @masterska...

 Taras Potichniy - Country Manager of Bolt in Ukraine. Taxi Bolt was launched in August 2013 in Tallinn and Riga and in 2014 it went on to foreign shores. Bolt is in Ukraine as well. And, of course, the office of Bolt is in UNIT.City! We were talking about the “gig economy”, about drivers and pandemic’s effect on business.  This episode was  ZOOMed.    Big thanks for sound engineering to @mastersk...

 Yaroslav Azhnyuk - the co-founder of Petcube and Ozero Design. Petcube designs and develops hardware and software products for pets. The idea for Petcube came when a dog of the co-founder suffered from separation anxiety and boredom. Rocky destroyed furniture and barked excessively when he was home alone, which made neighbors worry and call the police. That’s the story of developing the first pro...

  Andriy Bondarenko - 24 y.o. entrepreneur from Kyiv, co-founder, and COO of Global Talent, now building the future of remote teams in his new project heyportal.io with ambitions to create 1 million distributed jobs. We were talking about the future of work, about skills essential for working remotely, and about wages - is it possible that in the future an engineer from Delhi could earn the same s...

 Rick Rasmussen is an Industry Fellow and Member of Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the Director of Startup Programs for the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology where he is responsible for creation of new programs centering on Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation. Rick Rasmussen is an advisor and board member of UNIT Factory, the coding school of UNIT...

Andriy Zinchuk - an entrepreneur, a mentor, and a startup advisor and the managing director of incubator Demium. He is also the Chairman of the board of the Professional Government Association of Ukraine. Before becoming MD of Demium with an HQ in Spain, and with a great office in Kyiv, Andriy has been working in the VC worlds, the legal world, in the blockchain world and as an entrepreneur. Andri...

Zoya Lytvyn is the founder of one of the best schools in Ukraine, Novopecherka school, a K11 school with more than 460 students in Kyiv, and of an NGO called Osvitoria, promoting the development and reform of education in Ukraine. Among many achievements, she was one of the Top-5 Women entrepreneurs awarded by the UN for advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The first from Uk...

 Olia Synyakevych, designer at FabLab Fabricator, which is the most advanced lab in Ukraine in terms of prototyping in general and 3D printing in particular. FabLab launched a special program to 3Dprint masks to support hospitals and doctors during this time. For more information: www.3dmaski.com.ua 00:45 - What’s cooking? 02:30 - News about WeWork, Airbnb and Slack 07:12 - Welcome Olia Synyakevyc...

  Andrei Komarovski, CEO of Sector X,  leading the largest acceleration hub for startups and corporates in the Eastern Europe. Under the spotlight of Mayak Innovatsiy you’ll learn more about what makes startups great and successful and how acceleration can help. 01:33 - Do you know the origin of the word “podcast”? 02:14 - Caution: Zoom-bombing detected! 04:58 - World Health Organization supports...

  On the 6th of April 2020 UNIT.City turns 3! Dominique Piotet invites you to share a birthday cake and introduces to you the founders and dream team of the smart city. You’ll learn how to get residentship and who will be a mayor of the UNIT.City.  01:51 - Elon Mask is a godfather of UNIT.City? 03:20 - Meet&greet the dream team. 14:20 - Sing along HB song to UNIT.City! 16:30 - Daddy’s home. Meet V...

   Nataliya Mykolska is a the Member of the Supervisory Board of TechUkraine , a co-founder and a member of the Supervisory Boards at Trade+ Center with Kyiv School of Economics, a co-founder of SheExports Platform, co-founder of media project Brilliant Minds of Stanford and Silicon Valley, a co-founder of Stanford Ukrainian Policy Conference. She also was driver of women economic empowerment init...

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