This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley. Their employees?

Ukraine 128

Ukraine Russia Cap Table New York City 128

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Jan Koum, one of WhatsApp’s founders, immigrated to the US from Communist Ukraine as a teenager. He worked at Yahoo, where he met his co-founder. If this acquisition, cited as the largest venture backed exit ever, doesn’t change that view, I’m not sure what will.

India 107

India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 94

The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Image credit: Ralph Orlowski / Getty Images.

Europe 127

Europe Programming Croatia Belgium 127

The Next Web

MAY 23, 2015

Its history, however, has been a bumpy ride, which ended for its co-founder Oleg Gutsol last year, with him being ousted from the CEO role and the company itself. Shortly after the news hit the media, Gutsol left Canada where he’s lived since 2000 after moving from Ukraine, and he spent a few months in the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic 60

Dominican Republic Cofounder Ukraine Founder 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. Patrick Collison , self-made billionaire founder of Stripe. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft. Choosing a co-founder, and hiring the early employees is key to building a successful company.

Founder 187

Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. It was an absolute honor working with such talented founders Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis and CEOs Gary Swart and Stephane Kasriel.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Bangladesh Ukraine Philippines 60

The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Startup founders and investors across the world love The Next Web, and we love them right back. Says Patrick de Laive, co-founder of The Next Web: “Europe needs real entrepreneurs to put itself back on the map again. Ukraine Startup Awards, Kiev, February 19th. We promise drinks and great networking opportunities.

Europe 126

Europe Web Ukraine Ireland 126

Transformify

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Our guest today is Dmytro Okunyev, the Founder of Chanty - a simple AI-powered team chat. Dmytro, many founders believe that in-office teams are easier to manage. While the majority of our company works from our offices (in NYC or Ukraine), we have a few remote workers at Chanty. Here is how we see remote work.

Hiring 68

Hiring Ukraine Estonia Audio 68

The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2015

The great thing about the project – which is growing daily – is the bluntness of founders’ reflections on their shuttered startups, with reasons ranging from the brutally personal (“We were naive idiots.”) to the geopolitical (“Consequence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.”) The Autopsy.io

Ukraine 60

Ukraine Russia Product Startup 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, the best R&D teams for your needs might be based in the Ukraine, whereas the best designers may be in Germany. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is. Transitioning to and managing a globally distributed model isn’t plain sailing.

Distribution 145

Distribution Global Agile Startup 145

The Startup Toolkit

JULY 19, 2013

My friends were startup founders. I think this was in Kiev, Ukraine. ” Founders' Anyway, I gave it a try, which led to a lot of startup layers in my life. I was building a startup to help universities spin out student startups. I lived in a startup office. I dated startup girls. I played startup poker.

Cofounder 51

Cofounder Nevada Ukraine Spain 51

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

For example, in April of 2022, we donated 10 tonnes of aid to Ukraine. 21- Implementing sustainable practices Photo Credit: Brenton Thomas As the founder of a digital marketing agency, I understand the importance of incorporating social causes and corporate social responsibility (CSR) into my business.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Ukraine Community Employee 114

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2018

I have to admit I would not have envisioned myself writing this at the beginning of my journey, as a girl fond of solving physics and math problems growing up in Kiev, Ukraine. In 2016, only 6 percent of venture-funded deals went to female founders, and they received only 2 percent of the total funding. should be different.

Ukraine 48

Ukraine Pennsylvania Austin Texas 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

In January of this year, he arrived in the US with his co-founders as part of the winter 2020 YCombinator batch. When the shelter in place orders began, Alpha found himself living in a tiny Airbnb with his other co-founders, Having just arrived from the UK to do the start up program, YCombinator. Alpha Lee : Right.

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Cofounder Design 60

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2020

She was born and raised in Ukraine and the Soviet Union. Growing up in Ukraine , did you ever imagine that your life journey would take you to leading startups in the middle of Texas? Founders who do well in our program have the readiness to do whatever it takes to scale their business. I totally agree, absolutely!

Texas 66

Texas Ukraine Startup Austin 66

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We’re a crossover fund.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

All of this is in addition to the macro challenges that Israeli startups had to deal with in 2023 even before October 7th, including international investor unease due to the proposed judicial reform (that has since been taken off the table), Ukraine war, global venture slowdown ( US VC investments were down 60% in 2023 ), etc.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2018

She is the Managing Partner/CEO of Sputnik ATX, an accelerator that funds maker-founders with ideas to create positive change. Dr. Oksana Malysheva was born and raised in Soviet Union, Ukraine. Oksana Malysheva is an investor, entrepreneur and business executive based in Austin, TX.

Ukraine 48

Ukraine Pennsylvania China Austin 48

The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

We know that many of the best founders we see hail from countries within the EU and we want them to continue to come here, and similarly we want our partner companies to continue to easily source talent from the whole continent. Grexit, Russia/Ukraine and terrorism spring to mind as recent examples.

Europe 60

Europe Venture Capital Ukraine Russia 60

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

More recently, Jim and Vinny the founders of Yipit taught themselves how to code to get their service up and running, after working in investment banking. You can outsource your development to India, the Ukraine, Buenas Aires, or even Indiana. Don't want to learn code? That's right--Indiana.

Indiana 107

Indiana Incubator EC2 Ukraine 107

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

by Evan Varsamis, Founder/CEO at Gadget Flow Inc. Myself and my co-founders were just a bunch of young upstarts with a big idea. I applied this method to every single one of our hires and today our team consists of 22 people from United States, India, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Greece and the Philippines. The Beginning.

Greece 100

Greece United Kingdom Ukraine Philippines 100

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Any chance seeing you in Kiev, Ukraine? ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Testing the new Disqus comment system Gov 2.0

San Francisco 84

San Francisco DC Finland Washington 84

www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. The founders were tired of having to remember all the precious tips their friend were giving them regarding restaurants, B&Bs, shops, etc. Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. Total cost: $5000. Leggetelo qui. [.]

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping Italy Sweat Equity Europe 49

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The preferred location for several tech startups is Ukraine since the rates they pay for talented tech workers are low in comparison. This external hiring equates to an outpouring of money from the country since the companies need to pay their overseas staff and their family activities. Wage Inflation.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Global Startup 90

Austin Startup

MARCH 5, 2021

Originally from Ukraine, she spent seven years in Russia. On top of that, she gained more user feedback from small business owners and startup founders. I discovered that startup founders actually don’t know what to do with marketing or how to get started.” They had no choice but to stay.

Channel 62

Channel Ukraine Netherlands Spain 62

YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2013

By Ann Smarty, founder of MyBlogGuest.com. She is also founder of MyBlogGuest.com , the free community connecting bloggers to guest authors focusing on high-quality approach. Ann comes from Ukraine. Anyone who runs their own business is putting a lot on their plate. No matter what you do, you are going to run yourself ragged.

Product 272

Product Entrepreneur Ukraine United States 272

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout. Founder, Crowdvine. mashagenzel How $40 Saved Us Nine Months and $2MM Paul Howe.

Czech Republic 114

Czech Republic Costa Rica Brazil Romania 114

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2007 9:05 AM As a Project Manager, working on different web projects outsourced to Ukraine I disagree with some parts of the approach mentioned here. I think, if you can swing it, the first round of the core technology / IP should be developed by the founders.

Web 40

Web AJAX Software Review Development Team Review 40

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2022

Rising inflation and interest rate hikes, growth in debt to GDP ration, the war in the Ukraine (and global instability), increases in prices of energy, changing consumer habits to a post Covid-19, supply chain issues, etc, might be all contributing factors to the stock market (and tech in particular) declines. Fundraising will get tougher.

Term Sheet 190

Term Sheet Startup Valuation Ukraine 190

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Fundraising Mistakes Founders Make | by @sama – crowdspring.co/1f4L7Ak. Ukraine in flames: Putin’s inferno – crowdspring.co/1f4KAOT. Lazlo Bock talks about hiring at Google, and why the GPA is irrelevant | by Stowe Boyd – crowdspring.co/NpqF71. Why You Should Not Ignore The Science Of Marketing – crowdspring.co/1exVnRr.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant. Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 76

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2018

A few years ago, venture capitalists and founders got together to make it easier for international founders to come here and start new businesses. For example, Max Levchin was one of the Paypal founders (he came here from the Ukraine seeking political asylum, as this was well before the Startup Visa was created.)

Ukraine 61

Ukraine Startup Valuation Founder 61

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant. Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2015

His family was from the Ukraine and Romania. That has changed because we’re a country that learns to accept the enormous benefits brought by people who bring their cultures and skills to this great nation. On my dad’s side the story is more complex.

Colombia 150

Colombia St. Louis Romania Lithuania 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

Also, founders who pitch me when they themselves live in separate locations don’t get very far with me. Outsourcing early often happens when you have non-technical founders who don’t know how to get code out the door. CEO, VP Products and CTO must all be in the physical location. If they’re not I won’t fund.

Distribution 335

Distribution Offshore CTO Hire Bulgaria 335