The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. Product virality is an art.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” Russia, Belarus, England, Greece and South Africa. None has succeeded. Ireland Can Help With Going Global. Enterprise Ireland has so far attracted entrepreneurs from the U.S.,

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Ireland South Africa Belarus 60

The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China. Do you see Viber ever moving ‘up the stack’ and becoming a social network tying everything together, rather than a predominantly communications-focused service? Viber is pretty small given the scope of what we do. Maybe someday.

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Mobile Iran Belarus Cyprus 125

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

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Belarus Kazakhstan Accredited Investor Portugal 107

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

At the moment, use of Gust is available only to members of organized angel groups and networks, to VC funds (including many of the so-called ‘super angels’), and to accredited investors who have been specifically invited on to the platform by one of the 150,000 startups that use Gust to manage their investor relations.

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Angel Investor Belarus Accredited Investor Portugal 119

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

At the moment, use of Gust is available only to members of organized angel groups and networks, to VC funds (including many of the so-called ‘super angels’), and to accredited investors who have been specifically invited on to the platform by one of the 150,000 startups that use Gust to manage their investor relations.

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Angel Investor Belarus Accredited Investor Portugal 70