Let’s get right to the business.
Ukraine is becoming very hot place given the number of IT incubators opening their doors these days. An incomplete list looks like this: Eastlabs, iHUB, Happy Farm, GrowthUp, Politeco, Wannabiz and VOOMY IT-park. Some implementing western and US models, some inventing their own. From one side, it is a natural trend for the country with these statistics:
We all know these are different. They represent the different culture, diverse employment opportunities, different patterns of behaviors within the team. Which one brings more opportunities? It appears in a big company there should be more. For people who do not like to work hard, it is easier to “hide” when you have the hundreds of peers within your department alone. Hard workers have more chances to build the career.
Where do they come from? I would say the best ones are just those ideas that make the personal life of the inventor more enjoyable or productive or accessible or meaningful. At some point, the author decides that other people may also benefit from this very idea, and she builds a business around it. If the move were right, the customers would follow.
It is a somewhat new experience for me. Hope it will be fun. Ukraine is moving towards IT market leading position. Hope to be on the edge. The link.
I noted something interesting. Money is not enough anymore. Well, this is the old news of course. If you study motivational theories, you will see that some authors argue whether money motivates at all. Salary increase alone often does not change a thing.
It is not very comprehensive review. But still. So if you cannot get to top 10 on Google. How do you survive and where do you recruit the leads?
I do not know if it is going to work for any country, but this is the practice we have in our UA entity. When company penalizes the employee, the money gets transferred to the charity fund. We even provide the receipt to the punished employee.
The article says that the future of the country is in the product companies rather than outsourcing, and IT is a very attractive segment of the economy. I could not agree more.
Well done StarWind!
They say, “followers make the leaders.” In politics, it as well means that the leader is not an independent figure and often controlled by the people staying behind him. Those are the people with deep pockets who know how to manage their boss – the leader.
I find it very disturbing to see what they are doing with Cyprus bank system. Not only because our company was affected. Not only because they destroyed the economy of the island. Banks account for 70% of GDP for the country, and banks are all about trust. As soon as you destroyed customers’ trust you can close the bank. The bankruptcy is only matter of a short time perspective then.