PinnedYC Past Startup School Talks ReviewYC has updated its Startup School Curriculum a few days ago. It is the course for seven weeks with 2–3 videos per week starting June 27. …Startup School14 min readStartup School14 min read
Published in Startup Stash·Nov 19How to Make First Sales on LinkedIn ChecklistBest hints for B2B early-stage startups — My name is Eugene, a serial founder and B2B professional with ten years of experience. I am Head of Growth at a fast grocery startup in Central Asia. I switched to B2C recently, so I want to share with you a sum-up of my 15-month experience in business development on…Sales8 min readSales8 min read
Published in Startup Stash·Nov 12How NOT to Build a Successful StartupHere is my TOP of harmful pieces of advice — In my mentoring practice of working with startups, I’ve encountered different variations of wrong sales strategy more than once. What is the wrong sales strategy? It just doesn’t produce results; there are no sales! I’ve gathered TOP harmful practices, how to make no sales, find no clients, and quickly turn…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Nov 8Discrete FiguresFuture of a theatre — Recently I was lucky enough to attend a performance ‘discrete figures’ by Japanese production group Elevenplay, Canadian choreographer Kyle McDonald, and the creative group Rhizomatiks. It was amazing! An amazing synthesis of art and technology. A fantastic performance that involved AI and AR. Artificial Intelligence was used to create a…AR2 min readAR2 min read
Oct 15Build a MonopolyThink big — We’ve all been taught for the last hundred years that monopolies are bad, and I will share the unpopular opinion that monopolies are useful, following the ideas of Peter Thiel. At least the desire for monopolies is in the mind of the founder. Why? The ambition to monopolize characterizes the founder’s…Amazon2 min readAmazon2 min read
Published in Startup Stash·Oct 9Everything is a Code NowIt used to be a text — Following the concept of postmodernism put forward by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, all the world is a text. But we already live in metamodernism, so we can say that all the world is a code. The term “Metamodernism” was coined by the Dutch philosopher Robin van den Akker and the…Founders2 min readFounders2 min read
Oct 3The Founder is the Author“The Death of the Founder” — Following the ideas of Roland Barthes, or rather his essay “The Death of the Author”, I would like to consider the ethical and philosophical problem of the independent life of a founder and his startup. A startup ceases to be the creation of a founder the moment it has its…Founders2 min readFounders2 min read
Sep 26Who to ReadHere is my list of people who inspired me for posts and analyses — I systematically read their content and find a lot of insights there for my companies myself. 1.Scott Galloway — professor of Marketing at NYU Stern · Founder of L2 Inc, Red Envelope, and Prophet. Bestselling Author of “The Four” and “Algebra of Happiness”, Cohost Pivot Podcast. Recently, Scott shared an…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Sep 22What are you selling?Have you ever read books about America in the twenties and thirties XX? I read them in high school, and they made an incredible impression on me. I was especially struck by the fact that hotels in America didn’t sell a room, they sold a dream! …Sales2 min readSales2 min read
Published in Startup Stash·Sep 15Job Search And Onboarding Processes Are BoringReview of recruitment and job search process UX after 100+ interviews through founder’s eyes — Over the last few months, I’ve been having a lot of conversations with recruiters and candidates. I’ve been testing a business hypothesis. First on the subject of IT specialists’ relocation, and then on the most effective candidate and position mapping. I’ve learned and tried lots of different things during this…Recruiting4 min readRecruiting4 min read
