Latest Kyiv Podcast Episodes
MI: Ukrainian Pitch for Inshe Interview
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - January 06, 2022 13:17 - 51 minutesThis time Dominique Piotet, CEO at UNIT.City, is a hero of “Інше інтерв’ю” (Different Interview), the podcast #1 in Ukraine by Volodymyr Anfimov. It’s a frank conversation about Ukraine’s image in the world, about challenges the world is facing today, and about the mindset of a rebel. The epis...
MI: Ukrainian Pitch by Microsoft / Petcube / 3DLOOK / UNIT.City
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - December 21, 2021 06:08 - 1 hourThe world of work is changing. Artificial intelligence and automation replace a lot of jobs and create new ones. The COVID-19 crisis accelerated existing trends and caused organizations to reevaluate many aspects of work. In this episode Dominique Piotet, CEO at UNIT.City, Vadim Rogovsky, Found...
MI: Ukrainian Pitch by Nicolas Brusson from BlaBlaCar. KIEF-2021 Edition
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - October 26, 2021 04:53 - 33 minutesEpisode # 2 (36) Season 5. Nicolas Brusson is CEO and co-founder of BlaBlaCar. BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel network enabling over 100 million members to share a ride across 22 markets. BlaBlaCar’s environmentally and human-friendly mobility network saves 1.6M tons of...
MI: Ukrainian Pitch by Oleksandr Solovei from FINMAP
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - October 01, 2021 05:08 - 33 minutesEpisode # 1 (35) Season 5 FINMAP is a cash flow management for modern business. It's a young but already global company. On MAYAK INNOVATSIY: Ukrainian Pitch we've been talking about a way of an entrepreneur, about smart acceleration with 500 Startups and Startup Wise Guys, and about the art o...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Vadim Rogovsky from 3DLOOK _S.4_Ep#12
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - July 04, 2021 21:00 - 40 minutesVadim Rogovsky is CEO & Co-Founder at 3DLOOK which is transforming fashion retail and manufacturing industries by providing contactless real-time body measurements and size recommendations to end consumers. Raised money from some of the most prominent investors - 500 Startups, Boost VC, Natalia ...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Andriy Fedoriv_S.4_Ep#11
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - June 21, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourAndriy Fedoriv is Founder and CEO of creative investment company FEDORIV GROUP, which include: FEDORIV AGENCY (international marketing agency), FEDORIV HUB (the next-level event platform & public multimedia space), FEDORIV VLOG (YouTube channel with 100 000+ subscribers). We were discussing what...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Oleg Kurchenko from Binaryx_S.4_Ep#10
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - June 07, 2021 08:52 - 38 minutesOleg Kurchenko is Founder & CEO of Binaryx Exchange, Buying, Selling, and Trading Cryptocurrencies. We were talking about trends in the crypto world, mining, hackers, tokenization of everything, NFT, and the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement. Thanks for the sound engineering ...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Andreas Flodström from Beetroot_S.4_Ep#9
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - May 24, 2021 13:52 - 42 minutesAndreas Flodström is an entrepreneur & CEO. 9 years ago he moved from Sweden to Ukraine and co-founded the Swedish-Ukrainian IT companies Beetroot & Beetroot Academy, now totaling 500+ team members. Beetroot helps VC-funded startups and large enterprises to scale their R&D capacity, in a sustain...
Mayak Innovatsiy_L'Oreal Ukraine & Supplio_S.4_Ep#8
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - May 11, 2021 11:29 - 37 minutesThis episode aims to bridge the gap between large corporations and startups and show how they collaborate. On behalf of the corporation is Mark Sawchuk, Country Manager at L'Oreal Ukraine. Startups are represented by Adam Golovenko, Founder of Supplio, a platform that integrates suppliers and be...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Dasha Kichuk from Effa_S.4_Ep#7
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - April 26, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutesDasha Kichuk is CEO and Co-Founder of Effa which is creating sustainable products, aiming to replace disposable plastics around the World. Together with her husband Dasha launched Effa company to create toothbrushes made of paper. Among clients of Effa are famous hotel chains, airlines, and even...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Mark Patchett from Growth Shop_S.4_Ep#6
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - April 12, 2021 13:32 - 45 minutesMark Patchett is e-commerce Entrepreneur and Founder of Growth Shop, an international marketing agency and one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the world. In less than 2 years, GS has grown by more than $ 1 billion. The company’s offices are based in the UK, Ukraine and Vietnam. W...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Mark Patchet from Growth Shop_S.4_Ep#6
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - April 12, 2021 13:32 - 45 minutesMark Patchet is e-commerce Entrepreneur and Founder of Growth Shop, an international marketing agency and one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the world. In less than 2 years, GS has grown by more than $ 1 billion. The company’s offices are based in the UK, Ukraine and Vietnam. We...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Max Gurvits from Vitosha Venture Partners_S.4_Ep#5
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - March 29, 2021 07:20 - 51 minutesMax Gurvits is a US/European entrepreneur, Chief Host at Summit Summit & Partner at Vitosha Venture Partners. Active in Europe and the Middle East as startup advisor and investor, Max is particularly focused on Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Also, Max runs TRACTION Camp, a series of three-day w...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Daniel Szemerey from Health Venture Lab_S.4_Ep#4
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - March 15, 2021 10:18 - 42 minutesDaniel Szemerey co-founded and spearheads the growth of Health Venture Lab, a pan-European Healthtech accelerator with offices in Hungary, Spain and Poland. HVL covers the full pipeline, from need-based research, through early-stage product-market fit iteration, to growth-stage companies. If you...
Mayak Innovatsiy_IVAN DORN_S.4_Ep#3
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - March 02, 2021 13:45 - 53 minutesIvan Dorn is a singer, DJ and producer, MTV European Music Awards winner. His music combines elements of house, disco, pop, jazz, funk, UK garage, hip-hop and soul. He is a champion in ballroom dancing and sailing. He is also good in chess, tennis and football. In 2016, Ivan started Masterskay...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Andrii Degeler_TechEU_S.4_Ep#2
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - February 15, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutesAndrii Degeler is a journalist and podcast host based in the Netherlands. He is covering tech news since 2007 for Tech.EU, Engadget, TNW, Ars Technica UK, the Kyiv Post, and more. We’ve been talking about recent tech news, and about the perception of the Ukrainian IT-ecosystem in Europe. Thank...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Yura Lazebnikov_WePlay Esports_S.4_Ep#1
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - February 01, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutesYura Lazebnikov is a managing partner of esports media holding company WePlay Esports which is developing esports studios and arenas from Kyiv to Los Angeles. We discussed trends in esports, spectacular tournaments, earnings of top-ranking players, and Ukraine's advantages in terms of esports. ...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Giorgi Iukuridze_SHABO
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - December 24, 2020 13:48 - 1 hourGiorgi Iukuridze — co-founder of SHABO, the biggest and the most innovative winery in Ukraine. We’ve been talking about technologies in agriculture and in winemaking. What is so special about Ukrainian wine? Which technologies do help winemakers? Can we trust a robot sommelier? How did COVID ch...
Mayak Innovatsiy_S.3_Episode#5_Alex ZeroGravity Kokhanovskyy_UPEA
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - December 01, 2020 08:04 - 54 minutesAlexander "ZeroGravity" Kokhanovskyy has more than 20 years of experience in the esports and the gaming industry. He is the CEO & Co-Owner of DreamTeam - the first esports and gaming recruitment and management network. He built the 2nd most popular and one of the most successful teams in the hi...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Season#3_Episode#4_Jan Peter de Jong_Microsoft Ukraine
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - November 25, 2020 10:24 - 59 minutesJan Peter de Jong has over 20 years of sales and management experience in digital transformation. As a Country Manager of Microsoft in Ukraine, Jan Peter is focusing on digitization, philanthropy, education, and the overall progress of Ukraine. Jan Peter graduated with a master's in Astronomy a...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Season#3_Episode#3_Vitaly Sych_NV.ua
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - November 11, 2020 12:22 - 58 minutesVitaly Sych — Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Novoye Vremya”, one of the leading media in Ukraine. We were talking about the standards of genuine journalistic, about media as a business, about fake news and social media as a massive phenomenon, about technologies such as AI behind the modern me...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Season#3_Episode#2_Alex Bornyakov_Diia City
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - October 28, 2020 02:00 - 1 hourAlex Bornyakov — Deputy Minister of The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in charge of IT. We were talking about Diia City, a special legal framework for the IT industry. Also, we’ve discussed E-residence, paperless initiatives, digitalization of entrepreneurship tools and tax system...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Season#3_Episode#1_Nataly Veremeeva _TechUkraine
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - September 22, 2020 12:40 - 1 hourNataly Veremeeva — Director at TechUkraine.Org, the Gate to Technological Ukraine. We were talking about Ukraine as a Wild East full of opportunities, about the pros & cons of launching a startup in Ukraine. Why the Founders of Ukrainian Unicorns often do not communicate proudly "made in Ukraine...
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective: 26.08.2020 - 23:09
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective - September 03, 2020 12:44 ★★★★★ - 8 ratings1. Another court hearing in the case of Majlis leader Refat Chubarov took place in annexed Crimea. 2. Daily report on Covid-19 morbidity rate in Ukraine as of August 26. 3. Europe and the world use Ukrainian cargo planes to fight Covid-19. -- Delivered by Feed43 service
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective: 25.08.2020 - 23:09
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective - September 03, 2020 12:44 ★★★★★ - 8 ratings1.Six non-EU countries have joined the European Council's decision to extend sanctions against Russia over the annexation of Crimea. 2.Two Ukrainian servicemen have been injured in a booby trap explosion. 3.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a large-scale information campaign to restart t...
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective: 25.08.2020 - 04:09
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective - September 03, 2020 12:44 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPolitics, economy, and culture viewed by newsmakers of the day. -- Delivered by Feed43 service
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective: 31.08.2020 - 23:09
RUI - Ukrainian Perspective - September 02, 2020 23:46 ★★★★★ - 8 ratings1. The Foreign Ministry and the President's Representative Office for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea have condemned yet another illegal raid on Crimean Tatars' homes in the occupied Crimean peninsula. On Monday, Russian law enforcers searched several houses in the Nizhnegorsky and Sovietsky di...
Mayak Innovatsiy_Episode#16_Summary of Two Seasons and Plans for the Third One
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - August 04, 2020 09:44 - 21 minutesCo-hosts of the show decided to reflect on previous episodes of the podcast, to thank its amazing guests for coming and to plan the next catchy topics with cool guests who push Ukraine forward. This episode is more like an inner briefing but a cozy one. Don't judge too harshly. Instead, don't ...
Mayak Innovatsiy_S.2_Episode#15_Nicholas Tymoshchuk from UFuture
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - July 13, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourNicholas Tymoshchuk - CEO of UFuture holding company. He is an inspiring leader and innovative manager who established enterprises; launched greenfield projects with major international corporations, he has broad expertise in business development; corporate, government, and public affairs in Ukr...
Mayak Innovatsiy_S.2_Episode#14_Eli David from StarupBlink
MI: Ukrainian Pitch - July 05, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutesEli David – the founder and CEO of StartupBlink, Global Map of Startups & Ecosystem Rankings. In 2020 report the Kyiv startup ecosystem is ranked #1 in Ukraine and 32 globally among 1000 cities. We were talking about the definition of the ecosystem, about conditions for growth. What doesn’t kill...