Alexander Gornyi was born on March 21, 1980, in Moscow. In 2000, he graduated with honors from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. After graduating from university, Alexander worked for the Internet companies Mail.ru, Rambler, RBC. In 2010, Alexander headed the ICQ project at Mail.Ru Group. In 2012, he was appointed CIO of Mail.Ru Group, in 2016 - Director of Strategy and Analysis. In this position, he was engaged in M&A, investments and the launch of new projects within the company.

From 2018 to 2020 he was a Deputy CEO at Citymobil, a taxi aggregator that received investments from Mail.Ru Group and Sberbank.

Alexander is a Co-founder of United Investors. It is a meeting point for investors and growing startups seeking venture funding. 40 transactions were made on the platform during the 2019-2020 years. He also is a Co-founder of the mobile app Mo: Meditation & Sleep, the choice of 1.1 million users.

He writes a blog #startupoftheday with the author's reviews of startups and their business models.

Author of the book “Startup. How to start a business from scratch and change the world”.

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Igor Sivov is a happy family man and a successful entrepreneur. He is a father of three and preparing to become a father for the fourth time. Igor is the author of the progressive personal development method The Conscious Parent. This 4-week online course was created to help parents and those who are just thinking about having children learn how to communicate with the kids, unleash the child's potential, and help them to become self-confident personalities. The course was developed personally by Igor, with professional support from experienced psychologists and educators. Igor is also the founder of the natural cosmetics brand for women Miralin.

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Oleg Kivokurtsev is Co-Founder and Director of Development at Promobot company, a manufacturer of autonomous service robots. He was born and raised in Perm, Russia. He became interested in robotics in 2012, three years later he founded Promobot together with partners. Their first robot was built in the garage. In four years, the startup grew from the orders for local shopping centers to the production of batches of robots for customers around the world. Last year, about two hundred promobots were collected, and the geography of their deliveries expanded to 36 countries. The revenue of Promobot exceeds 3 million dollars a year, investors value the company more than 30 million dollars.

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Efim Kolodkin is a Co-Founder and CEO of Bash Today, a venue booking service for private and corporate events. Also, Efim is the CEO of Uprising Agency, a design and web development company with strong experience in building marketplaces and digital startups. He holds a master's degree in Integrated planning and urban sustainability from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Master's degree in Business Administration and Management from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia MGIMO. On September 10, 2017, he was elected a deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Arbat municipal district of Moscow.

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George Held is an Executive Vice President of Digital and New Business Development at Beeline Russia. George is a telecom and consumer finance executive with broad international experience. He has been publicly recognized and awarded for driving and implementing several market-leading initiatives in the international telecom sector. He is driven by a commitment and desire to add significant value through the introduction of sustainable, market-relevant, transformational services that impact people’s lives, while simultaneously delivering high commercial impact for all stakeholders.

Prior to joining PJSC VimpelCom, George held the position of Vice President for Mobile Commerce (Connected Commerce) in the Etisalat group of companies, responsible for the implementation, integration and development of digital products in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Prior to that, he worked in executive positions at Airtel, Zain, Celtel, Tele2. George also has experience in Russia: from 1997 to 2001, he worked as the commercial director of Tele2 in the Urals region.

George has won numerous industry awards for product innovation such as GSMA Global Mobile Awards, Global Telecom Innovation Awards, FT / IFC special commendation.

He holds an MBA from Northeastern University (Boston, USA), a degree from Harvard Business School, a degree in product development, implementation and management, and a certificate in artificial intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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