Startup Garage Course

• 7+ years in product management (3 in a product company, 4 in outsourcing).
• A dozen discovery phases and product launches.
• Yurii can help with finding the right value proposition and answering the questions of WHAT and WHY the product should be made.

• Serial entrepreneur.
• Over 10 years of experience in different business spheres. Was a co-owner of a small pub and cheesemaking factory.
• Was a co-owner of a small IT studio.
• Currently, Yuri is a co-owner of UBOS.
• Yuri has expertise in launching PaaS, and SaaS products, creating pitch decks, public speaking, product positioning, partner search, and more.
  

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• Artem is co-founder at DrugCard
• He is also a CPO & Head of PV at DrugCard
• Artem has 6+ years of experience in pharmacovigilance and Ph.D. degree focused on pharmaceuticals.
• He can help you with business processes, and legislation and will help your company to organize PhV activities in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Artem knows everything about how to stay effective and beat competitors just by being the best on the market.

• Dmytro is co-founder and CEO of the DrugCard company;
• He has come a long way from an engineer to public work in NGOs, consulting pharmaceutical companies and state institutions to creating a startup in the pharmaceutical field;
• Dmytro together with DrugCard has come a long way from trying to create a business in Ukraine to understanding the global problem in the pharmacovigilance market, forming a unique offer, and entering the European market;
• In a year, they attracted about $400,000, about $100,000 ARR and they continue to grow;
• Gained unique experience in business development, customer-oriented b2b sales, strategic thinking, and product launch.
  

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• Hanna is a Client Growth Partner у Qubstudio
• She was the Chief Customer Officer at Reenbit;
• She has more than seven years of experience in the IT industry and is engaged in establishing and maintaining trusting and successful relationships with clients;
• Will share how to build excellent organizational skills;
• Hanna will provide accurate advice on how to build a communication strategy with clients and within the team.

• Volodymyr is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor;
• 20 years in IT and digitalization from developer to SVP Client Success at SoftServe;
• He has deep experience in many technological and business areas;
• He has the experience of creating a startup Elin.ai with access to the US market and passing the Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator program with a $100K investment;
• He will help you with the construction of strategy and business models.

• Intercultural communication expert and consultant at Softserve;
• For the last 2 years also been the head of the team of experts;
• She will help you to investigate the communication between the project team and the customer; to understand what kind of communication will be effective in a specific situation, and propose strategies based on cultural values, understanding of communication styles, and principles of empathy. As a result of the work, it is possible to establish cooperation between process participants, help them understand each other’s expectations, and raise the level of satisfaction of both customers and teams.

• Viktor Pavluchynskyi – he was the co-founder and CEO of the Elision startup, so he knows how to properly approach the development of startups and feels the intricacies of creating a successful business.
• He was a CPO at Devlight, Developer at MakeApp.
• Viktor perfectly understands how to motivate the team and will willingly share his working life hacks with you!

Why Andrew became a mentor?

• Andrew Balyk – Product Manager at SoftServe, has 5+ years of experience in product management and business analysis in the field of technology and has the skills to scale products or operations in a fast-growing environment.
• Managed virtual and closed teams. Defines project resources, timelines, and dependencies. Used Lean principles and SCRUM methods.
• Able to formulate strategies for a large enterprise; conducting a market experiment.
• Andrew will show in his cases what a growing successful product is and how to achieve it.

• Olesya is the founder and CEO of Yedynka Digital – an agency for the development and promotion of digital products.
• He has extensive experience in organizing socially responsible projects (Best Ukrainian book 2011, Charity auction with the Olena Pinchuk “AntiAIDS” Foundation 2012, Life is worth it! Project with Volvo 2013)
• The company cooperates with startups in Ukraine, Denmark, and Norway.
• Olesya is a graduate of LvBS and has over 17 years of experience in marketing.
• It is this mentor who will teach participants to recognize business opportunities and build the right model that works.
• Knows everything about how to build a quality partnership.

• Nazar has more than 8 years of working in the field of operational management and project management;
• 4 years in software development;
• Member of PDMA
• Ex-director of Mobius LLC;
• Ex-vice president of “Lamor Ukraine” LLC;
• Co-founder and CEO Measurme;
• Author of the novel “When I Pulled Myself Together”.

Nazar knows exactly how to be a leader and create successful projects. His work combines knowledge of the market, a clear structure, analytics, and most importantly, how to apply knowledge in practice and achieve success.

• Andriy is a successful entrepreneur with experience in e-commerce – B2C sales in the US and Canadian markets; sales and creation of physical goods through Amazon.
• He will help you to understand strategy and business model building, customer experience, project management, technology, and product development.
• Andriy is well acquainted with the formation of product economy units on the global market, communication with manufacturers, sales analytics, and product launch from scratch.
• Also, he is a Co-Owner of the UA Comix Store.

💼 Oksana is an entrepreneur, so she perfectly knows and understands all the intricacies of building business communication.

• Worked with the international organization IATEFL BESIG, where she improved her project presentation skills at the international level.
• Participated in the TESOL Greece Big SIG Day interactive plenary panel “Education of Hearts and Minds – Education for Resilience”.

• Darya is a Co-founder of the ZEPS company, which specializes in hardware development – IoT, Drones, and robots.
• Entrepreneur with a background in the public sector, MPA, and Master of Laws. Managed technological projects in Europe and Ukraine. Attracted 700+ k USD of investment capital.

🎓Technology team mentor, a specialist in project development strategy, who knows how important it is to be a leader and how to apply these skills successfully.

💻 Sofia is an entrepreneur, co-founder, and COO at Propertymate (a startup that recently passed the acceleration program at Techstars). She spent the last three years in real estate technology. Experienced in product and business development and building the team behind it. Previously COO at Brainify, and Marketing Director at Duna.

Can help to deal with:

• forming the main indicators that reflect the state of your business;
• tools and frameworks that effectively establish a permanent process;
• pitching and presentation.

• Vladyslav is the head of the innovation department at Bain & Company, so he knows everything about how global corporations can accelerate innovation, create corporate startups, and change the experience of their customers.
• Before working as a consultant, Vlad managed his own AgriTech startup and a commodity trading company. Graduates of several acceleration programs, including the CfE Accelerator.
• He also mentors startups at CfE Accelerator (UA), The Mission (Frankfurt), and Vision Lab (Berlin).

• Andriy Kucherenko – head of HR at Kormoteсh company.
• Business psychology trainer organized various training programs both individually and for companies.
• He has excellent negotiation skills, so he will be happy to tell you how to find the right approach for building quality cooperation.

Why Tanya became a mentor?

• Tetyana is a Product Manager at SoftServe and has over 10 years of experience in B2B marketing, including ABM.
• Has experience in product marketing and development of the Energy vertical – development of value propositions and sales materials, the launch of digital campaigns. So he knows exactly how to help with the right approach to any project.
• Currently works as a product manager on two products, integration applications for Microsoft Teams, where she is responsible for the entire process from the idea to the release of applications on the Microsoft marketplace.

• Vice President for Business Development of KM Core Company.
• The first president and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine for 10 years.
• Expert and Member of the Academic Council of the MSc in Innovations and Entrepreneurship LvBS program.
• He lectured on marketing and entrepreneurship at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School and was a keynote speaker at the International Technology Symposium at Stanford.
• He studied political science at York University, graduated from leadership programs at the INSEAD business school and venture business management at the Haas Business School in California, and has a diploma in management and an MBA from Athabasca University in Canada. He has 25 years of experience in the technology business.
• Bohdan will help you in the marketing and technological areas.