In the Embarcadero business center, in the heart of San Francisco, is the headquarters of Grammarly, founded by three Ukrainians. It is one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley. Now its product has more than 2 billion potential consumers. One of the founders is former Kiev resident Alex...
An entrepreneur from Germany explained why he no longer wants to be based in Silicon Valley. He realized that he could not stand this lifestyle on a permanent basis. To promote his startup Shop.co, Jay Habib currently lives in two countries: every month for two weeks ...
In December 2017, art space 001 was opened on Khreshchatyk in Kiev. Its founder, Sergei Dumik, lived for three years in California, working under a contract at Google as a tester and then as a developer. In an interview with DUO, he spoke about life in the United States and why he decided to return to Ukraine. Where and who did you work before moving to the USA? ...
And what other TV shows do mentors from 500 Startups watch. Now our team is undergoing the Sberbank Accelerator program and 500 Startups. Like all startups, we watched all the seasons of the series Silicon Valley several times. Taking this opportunity, I asked our American mentors ...
When you arrive in Silicon Valley, you find yourself in an alternate world where everyone is chasing the Next Big Thing. But, becoming a part of this close community with a single line of thinking, you forget about how the rest of the world looks and lives ...
This software developer has given up everything familiar to ensure financial stability for his family in the future. After flying to the United States in 2014 for his master's degree, Srinath Cattula not only got on a plane for the first time. For the first time in his life he was separated from ...
Silicon Valley, known as an innovation hub located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Many millionaires have made their fortunes here, and it is also home to many thriving startups. As it turned out, the youngest people who made themselves from scratch to a million in the United States made their fortune by developing a business ...
Vasily Trofimchuk, co-founder of the BitClave blockchain project, which raised $ 25 million in 32 seconds during the ICO last November, explains how they managed to achieve this, and also tells what advantages in doing business the office in Silicon Valley gives the company. How did I run two ...
The exodus from Silicon Valley continues. Strategic planning expert Mark Emmer talks about why he and his wife left the region and where innovators are heading to put down new roots. Next - from the first person. Me and my...
Silicon Valley in California has long earned a reputation as a haven for programmers and venture capitalists. Among the thousands of IT specialists working there, there are also many immigrants from Russia. BBC Russian Service spoke with three Russian entrepreneurs who left to conquer Silicon ...