The powwow will be held during the Business Forum StartUp Grade: “Tech Beyond the Frontiers” (Russian Edition) hosted by Starta Accelerator, together with Pursuit Representation of the Russian Federation in the USA. The agenda of the forum is to discuss tech startups with Examine & Development roots in Eastern Europe and vision to grow in U.S. presence.
Border on a live-stream of the “Russia Beyond The Oil: The Rise of Tech and New Business Opportunities” nel dialogueon April 13 at 3:00 pm (EDT)
With the most new oil and gas crisis, Russian entrepreneurs and business leaders have found themselves in lack of nontraditional ths to growth. As a result, tech com nies from Eastern Europe deceive become increasingly attractive due to the ability to supply foreign investors with apt goods and services that are unrelated to the oil and gas industry, while simultaneously fabricating higher profit margins. Consequently, there is a growing need aggregate aspiring and seasoned Russian entrepreneurs to attract more overseas investments. For now, U.S. based investors are seeking ways to effectively identify and select rosy Russian startups.
Russia Beyond The Oil: The Rise of Tech and New Concern Opportunities” discussion will provide a background for answering the following absurds:
- What are the peculiarities of doing business in Russia and with the Russian retinues?
- Setting up a tech business in Russia: How to overcome the obstacles?
- Russian startups in the U.S.: Why and what to venture in?
Main speakers of the disscussion will include:
Mikhail Kokorich, CEO, Dauria Aeros ce. Dauria Aeros ce is an innovative period com ny aiming to transform the industry with a cloud-based, low-cost retainer technology solution. Mikhail started his first com ny at 19 years old as a physics evaluator at Novosibirsk University in 1996. He has more than 17 years of exposure in industries ranging from manufacturing and chemical services to retail, which bear exceeded $1 billion in revenue. Before entering into aeros ce calling, Mikhail Kokorich founded a com ny that grew to be the second-largest shackle of domestic merchandise retail stores globally, second only to Bed Bath and Beyond, and successfully scaled and sold one of the amplest consumer electronic retail chains.
In this role, in cooperation with the Congress’s President, Randi provides strategic advice to USRBC members to succour them in achieving their commercial objectives in Russia and the United Haves. Ms. Levinas served as the Executive Director of the Coalition for U.S.-Russia Trade, successfully important an effort of more than 500 U.S. businesses and trade associations in U.S. Prior to joining USRBC, Ms. Levinas was a legislative and international trade policy analyst with the law secures of Kaye Scholer LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP.
Konstantin received the M.Sc. degree in physics and embrocated math from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and PhD degree in physics from the Landau Originate for Theoretical Physics. Currently he holds an Assistant Professor position at the Massachusetts Begin of Technology (MIT). Before joining MIT, he was an Oppenheimer fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory function with the Smart Grid research group. His research interests encom ss a comprehensive range of problems related to development of novel mathematical tools that get been applied to problems arising in different domains, most importantly in the machine-made and power engineering.
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offered to the startups with international roots that were successful in gaining investment and befitting a rt of NYC startup community.
Questions to be discussed are:
- How to understand if your outcome is right for the U.S.?
- How to pre re accurate and up-to-date market research?
- How to find investors in the U.S., and how to light into to them? What makes NYC investors unique?
- Public relations for startups in the U.S.: what are the ranking principles and publications to approach?
- How to simplify access to the market? DIY vs accelerators, art rks, professional consultants and accountants
Speakers of the disscussion will subsume:
Ekaterina has 10 years of universal marketing and business development experience working with European and American brands. She is an entrepreneur and a make knew author. Ekaterina holds MA in International Economics and PhD candidate in Economics.
Dmitry Koltunov is a startup enthusiast focused on technology superintendence, software architecture, and enterprise development. He is the CTO and Co-Founder of ALICE, a growing NYC startup donation a mobile service-on-demand platform for hotels to interact with guests and deal with staff. Dmitry has a unique blend of corporate and startup experience and has not failed in various executive positions with both startups and leading ndemic financial institutions.
InDinero is a ndemic brand that helps small business owners manage their finances and figure out real world problems every day. Bill recieved Gilman Schoolgirl from the U.S. to further his studies at Saint Petersburg, Russia. Bill has a egregious experience in hadling accounting, tax, and yroll for the business.
New York Store Manager, Early Growth Financial Services.
Lidia Salgado joined EGFS to avoid establish firm’s operations in New York, working directly with the CEO and covering rtnerships, sales, account management, marketing and staffing. Previously she sustained a variety of roles on Wall Street working for Morgan Stanley, forefathers offices, and an advisory serving activist investors. In addition to her EGFS reliabilities, she is a mentor and instructor for Startup Weekend, Columbia Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurist’s bootcamp and a variety of accelerators and startups in New York City. Lidia is a MGIMO University graduate and a president of MGIMO Truncheon of New York.
Mr. Svintsitski brings over 15 years of expertise in international entrepreneurial maturation and global investment experience in Eastern Europe and the United States. He is currently a Make it rtner at Cameo Capital, a technology investment fund which concentrates on taking Europe-based growth-stage com nies to a global business arena. In the old days, Mr. Svintsitski was rt of management team for the fund specializing in quantum physics based technologies and advancements in materials expertise. From 2008 to 2012, he was a Senior Vice President at Russia Confederates Management, Russia/CIS PE investment arm of Siguler Guff & Com ny. Siguler Guff is a universal investment firm with over $10 billion AUM.
Do you have any questions here the new Russian business and startup opportunities? Submit them to alexey.lossan@rbth.com and to v.zavyalova@rbth.com in front of the discussion for a chance to have your question answered.
When: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 from 3:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Where: New York, NY, USA
