Artem Berman.
Co-founder of StarWind Software, a storage software company I helped run for almost 17 years, as COO and for 3 years as CEO, until we sold it to DataCore in 2025. Before that I co-founded Rocket Division, which we later merged into StarWind. So I've integrated a company and later sold one. I've backed about 30 startups as an angel and now advise founders and investors through Berman Advisory. I've lived with a C5-C6 spinal cord injury since 1992 and built both companies from a wheelchair. Based in Cyprus. I work in English, Spanish and Russian.
Topics I can talk about
Both sides of the table. Merging two companies, and later selling the one you built. What the term sheet doesn't cover and what founders underestimate after closing.
COO in a founder-led company. Why the job looks different in every company. What breaks when a company outgrows its first team.
Running a software company from a wheelchair. Quadriplegia since 1992 and 2 software companies built. What it changes in how you lead.
A Ukrainian software company in wartime. Keeping the team and customers when the country you started in is at war.