Oleksiy Goncharov

Poland Leads AI Funding in CEE for Jan–Aug 2024! But who is next in the top? Investment decisions can be tough without a clear view of the ecosystem. If you’re a data-driven investor or a key player in the tech space, the 2024 State of AI in CEE report is essential reading. After months of in-depth analysis, we’ve uncovered the key trends and insights to guide your next strategic move: 📍 What’s the real state of AI in the CEE region? 📍 How many M&As boosted the ecosystem? 📍 Which VCs managed to raise new funds? Get early access to these insights by signing up for the report, dropping October 29th 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02TFQ6V0 #Startups #AI #VC #AIReport #Investments

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I will speak about #nocode at the main stage of Poland's biggest tech conference! 🚀 Code Europe will be held in my hometown (Krakow) on June 10-11, 2024. My presentation about the impact of no-code on software development is scheduled on Day 2 at 11:30 AM. I'm so happy that no-code is finally becoming mainstream in development thanks to events like this. 😍 Who else is coming to Code Europe this year? #CodeEurope24 #software #development

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🌍 Founders, are you ready to expand operations across borders? Join the Emerging Founders: Think Global S01 E04 Scaling Operations event and navigate the complexities of scaling operations with experts! 📅When? Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, 5.00 PM 📍 Where? Google for Startups Campus in Warsaw ✨Why? Gain tools, knowledge, and connections for global business expansion, whether you're starting or scaling up. Topics: ◾Efficiency: automating processes with AI and RPA. ◾ Scaling HR processes: from onboarding to performance management, ensuring a cohesive workforce strategy. ◾ Scaling customer support & customer success: mastering the art of customer satisfaction at scale. ◾ Managing finances while scaling: delving into reporting, analytics, and fiscal responsibility. ◾ Legal aspects of scaling: navigating the complex legal landscape of international expansion. ◾ Logistics and supply management: optimizing the supply chain for global reach. ◾ Setting KPIs and metrics: monitoring success across diverse markets. What’s more? 🔍 Use this opportunity to join the Emerging Founders network and befriend fellow founders and co-founders to learn, grow, and thrive. 🌟 Reserve Your Spot with our special code STARTSMART10: https://t.ly/s7sf0 #EmergingFounders #ThinkGlobal #eventWarsaw #Warsaw #startupevent #ScalingOperations #Operations #startup

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More about railway rolling stock financing

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Flowsell.me: Revolutionizing Client Retention for Service-Based Businesses Discover how Flowsell.me, a Kazakhstan-based startup, is transforming the way service-oriented businesses retain and engage clients. From its origins in beauty salons to its current success across 68 countries, Flowsell.me offers an innovative solution that boosts revenue by over 26% in just three months! 🚀 Curious about their journey and how they overcome challenges? Check out the full story here:

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Transport issue. Belarus signed agreements with Russia The partnership agreement was signed by the Belarusian Research Institute of Transport "Transtechnika" and the Research Institute of Automobile Transport of the Russian Federation. https://lnkd.in/eWY65g67

I am at ATAM and MASCA 2024 (Wroclaw, Poland) conference. We just had a very interesting pannel discussion on deep tech startups in Poland. It is so good to finally see a positive discussion about Polish innovation. While there are many difficulties in setting up and running startups there is a new generation of enthusiasts that is taking it over and driving forward. What is your experience in starting deep tech business in your country or community? #startup #deeptech #nano #polska #wroclaw #Lukasiewicz #innovation #investment #Badania #rozwój https://atam.port.org.pl/

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There is currently big debate in Poland regarding relation between so called news media and global platforms. I rarely comment on such topics, but this one is close to my heart. Feel free to grill me. I believe most people in this debate are using different definitions to describe what is happening. There are three concepts: media, publishers, journalists. Via Wikipedia: 1. Media (communication) - tools used to convey information or data. 2. Publisher - an organization or person that disseminates content to the public. 3. Journalist - a person who gathers information in the form of text, sound, or images, processes it into a form worth conveying, and disseminates it publicly. This is called journalism. Traditionally, media mainly referred to the press, meaning print. A technical tool. In this press (newspapers, magazines, yellow press), publishers disseminated many things, including journalism, but also other content like sports results, advertisements, stock market data, and even pornography or celebrity photos. These things were often more important to the audience than journalism. This did not make the press something noble (or better) than other media, like TV or radio. Media are just tools. Also, publishers themselves did not necessarily have noble motives related to journalism. It was believed that to be a good commercial publisher, it was worth having good journalism - in my opinion, mainly because it allowed for higher advertising rates in media used by the publisher (thus increasing the value of the distribution tool). In the opinion of others, it was about attracting attention. Some believe it was done for the public good. This belief, as the new medium - the internet - showed up, turned out to be false. Advertisements can be sold just as expensively without quality journalism (you just need good data). Publishers can, but do not have to, sponsor so-called good content or journalism. Publishers can make big bucks without even producing so called content. It also turned out that journalists do not need the help of commercial media to create valuable information and disseminate it (e.g., Oko Press). What we see today is, in my opinion, a mix-up. Commercial publishers (mostly profit-oriented companies) are trying to defend their outdated tools (media) using the argument of defending journalism (public mission). Nowadays, however, these three things are not connected. I believe that journalism in the free commercial model (i.e., open online) has no future. Future lies with paid media (e.g., Oko Press) or media sustained by public funds and taxation of global media corporations (Google and similar). What I am not addressing here is the issue of the fourth estate, i.e., the control function traditionally understood as the press (implicitly - hard journalism, including investigative journalism) towards democratic power and its role in the fight against autocratic regimes. This is a political problem, not a business one.

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Vidzone Expands Collaboration with #OTT Platforms: Welcoming OTTCLUB We are excited to announce that OTTCLUB, an online TV platform with over 200 channels, has joined Vidzone Ukraine. This partnership provides advertisers with access to new audience segments that were previously out of reach. 💬 Ievgen Levchenko, CEO of Vidzone: "Changes in media consumption habits are more evident today than ever before. Engaging with certain viewer groups has become increasingly challenging, but new platforms with unique content help overcome this hurdle." Over the past six months, Vidzone has added 30 new #channels to its network, bringing the total to 250. The primary goal is to attract new audiences by expanding the number of channels and diversifying #content. This approach enables us to build greater #reach, which is crucial for #advertisers aiming to capture consumer attention for their #brands.

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Training is complete, certification is the next step. Kennedy once said: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. A similar unpopular approach I take in my work. In 12 years, I went from junior developer to deputy CTO in the largest bank of Ukraine, with a team of more than a hundred employees. When I saw the need for information security, I went to study at CEH and this subsequently resulted in building S-SDLC and implementing different approaches and processes. When I realized that I did not have enough knowledge to manage a huge team, I went to study ITIL to gain the experience of others to be more useful and efficient. When our bank migrated to AWS, I went to study and got certified as an AWS Solution Architect to implement new solutions that we had never worked with before, to optimally use the budget and build more architecturally sustainable and resilient projects. Now I work on building application security, and in order to learn from other people's experience, I went to study CSSLP. Not once did an employer say that I needed to learn something, it was never a condition for financial or career growth, I just learned what was needed. The path of learning was built from the needs of the work, and not from my desire, although as it turned out, this always went hand in hand. Now it has become mainstream to elevate one's own desires to the apotheosis, instead of asking oneself how I can be useful. If you want to be successful, just ask yourself how you can be useful where you are now and start doing it!

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Gave a lecture to third-year students at American University Kyiv. We talked about how social listening helps in building strong brands. Big thanks to Ruslan Gutnikov for the opportunity to connect with such talented minds and share practical insights. During the lecture, we discussed: - Real-life case studies of social media monitoring tools  - How brands can work with digital footprints  - The future of AI and machine learning  - Upcoming trends: video monitoring, hyper-personalization, and sentiment evolution - Typical profiles of social media listening users  - And, of course, how media monitoring helps build effective marketing strategies Special thanks to the students for their curiosity, sharp questions, and fresh ideas. It was a pleasure to meet the next generation of marketing professionals 😊

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Public-Private Partnership for European Integration and Ukraine's Recovery. Fully rebooting Ukraine's economy is unattainable through support aimed solely at macroeconomic stability. With the adoption of the €50 billion Ukraine Facility plan, there's finally a chance to also bolster businesses. The private sector, despite suffering catastrophic losses due to the war, remains a cornerstone of the economy. Approximately €7-8 billion might be allocated for business financing, of which no more than a third will go to private companies. Thus, there is hope. Hope for extensive support and incentives for reforms that should have been implemented over the years of independence. But what must Ukraine globally undertake to achieve the anticipated benefits? The answer is recognizing weaknesses and doing everything possible to rectify them. For instance, I have spoken with European analysts who have identified three major obstacles that could complicate Ukraine's path to EU membership: a low level of industrial development with a focus on raw materials industries, low labor productivity necessitating a reevaluation of educational approaches, R&D, innovations, resolve infrustructure issues, and crucially, institutional weaknesses. The supremacy of law, independence and transparency of all branches of government, and clear and fair laws and regulations that apply to all must be the starting point. The partnership between business and state is essential. The private sector possesses deep expertise, market knowledge, and discipline. We are team players committed to building a strong, competitive Ukraine. It is time to reassess the relationship between government and business to strengthen each other. This is crucial both for quality reconstruction of Ukraine and for shaping a robust stance for the state's future integration into the European community. Read more on this topic in my column in media New Voice (NV) - https://lnkd.in/dmHsecQk. Column in English - https://lnkd.in/dMiWVNEy

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We knew we wanted more than building marketing websites before we even started Webnomads - Webflow Design & Development Studio. That is not our endgame, even though we enjoyed every day of it. Since day one, we dreamt of creating full-blown software products with no-code tools. The thrill of web apps and startups got us hooked years ago. For the past years, we've been on a mission, constantly exploring different no-code tools. And exactly one year ago, we took the plunge with Bubble, a no-code platform that lets anyone build web applications. Sure, the learning curve was steeper than Webflow, but we were all in, ready to make it part of our tech stack. Fast forward to today: we've already delivered several projects using Bubble and are chatting with early-stage startups about this game-changing technology. Bubble lets us whip up MVPs in just weeks. Startups can test their ideas, get market feedback, iterate fast and wow VCs. Oh, and a little secret... we're gearing up to launch our own product soon. Can’t wait! Filip Załęski will be sharing our journey at the Poland Bubble meet-up, organized by the awesome Tomasz Wesolowski, who has been instrumental in helping us master Bubble and maximize its potential. Come join us! And we're just getting started.

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🎉 Congratulations to our portfolio company Talkie.ai on closing their latest funding round to expand further into the U.S. market, where they already generate 30% of their revenue. 🌍 We also welcome Anna Lankauf, Tomasz Karwatka, and Piotr Karwatka to the team of investors. 4growth VC , NIF ASI, SATUS Starter VC, and Gateway Ventures participated in this round, providing follow-on support to fuel Talkie.ai’s expansion. Conversational AI is revolutionizing industries, particularly in healthcare, where bots enhance patient care, automate processes, and alleviate the workload for medical staff. Talkie.ai is at the forefront of this transformation, and we’re proud to be part of their journey! Check out the full details in the XYZ article: https://lnkd.in/dvUEuJZN #AI #Healthcare #VentureCapital #Growth #TalkieAI #USExpansion

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Is My Audience on LinkedIn? Our sales events platform, Auctibles, targets Poland. We built sale events so merchants can run them as simply as a Zoom call. The intention is for merchants to bring their own audience to their sale event. Scrolling through the LinkedIn posts from Poland, I see many consultants and companies offering services. These are not merchants, so it is a challenge of type - finding a needle in the haystack. Alternatively, it is a challenge of type - targeting. Assuming the merchants are active on LinkedIn. #audience #ecommerce #linkedin #targeting #saleevents #channel

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Ukraine's Media Landscape:  Digital Transformation Continues Despite ongoing challenges, Ukraine's media consumption is evolving: • 35+ million Ukrainians • Nearly 90% use internet daily (98% for under 35s) • Social media leads in content consumption, followed by news sites and TV • Telegram dominates as the primary communication and news source • Trust levels closely mirror usage patterns This shift reflects a dynamic, digitally-engaged population adapting to new realities. To dive deeper into Ukraine's media landscape in the article below. Special thanks to Internews, USAID, and InMind research team for this invaluable study. #UkraineMediaTrends #DigitalCommunication #MediaLandscape #UkraineInsights

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