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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

A startup is the launch of a fundamentally new solution, a market innovation. Define the problem that your idea solves and conduct an initial marketing research. When compiling a business plan, focus on specific market segments. Define the Market Potential. Check whether there are growing trends in the market.

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Success Stories of Previous Winners at the Vernadsky Challenge

The Startup Magazine

Ukraine is a country rich in talents in the technology industry. Ukraine has never had a lot of investment possibilities for hardware startups. The Challenge is just 3 years old; it was initiated in 2015 by the Head of Google Ukraine, Dmitry Sholomko, and managing partner of Noosphere Ventures, Max Polyakov. Hideez Key.

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Estimating App Development: What Small Businesses Need To Know?

YoungUpstarts

by Julia Kravchenko, partner and VP of HR at Qubit Labs. Julia Kravchenko is a partner and a VP of HR in Qubit Labs , an innovative software development company with offices in Tallinn, Estonia and Kyiv, Ukraine. Why don’t we make an app?”. Obviously, if you open this article you are also interested in creating the one.

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5 Terrible Social Media Fails in 2016 That You Must Avoid

Brandanew

Coca Cola traps itself between Russia and Ukraine Politics. This resulted in the Ukraine embassy showing its concern for the illegally occupied Crimea region by Russia. Oh, and, remember to create a social media etiquette policy for all your employees and partners, so that you’re well prepared.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity.

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What do your VCs care about and does it matter?

This is going to be BIG.

That all being said, new VC markets are emerging—and during the pandemic, lots of New Yorkers and folks from the Valley decamped to Miami or Austin. Because hard things are hard—and the last partner you want around the table with you is the one who is only looking out for his own. There are a lot of funds out there. Plenty of bros.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.