Tech AM Report

This episode's guest is Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO & Co-founder of Krisp. Krisp, an AI driven noise removal app for online audio calls, has gone from strength to strength, on all matters.

Davit talks about team, business model strategies, in/outbound marketing, ecosystem matters, importance of scientific development and much more.

Amazing input - tons of great insights.

This episode's guest is Grigor Hovhannisyan of BANA, an organization that has played an invaluable role in developing and enriching the Armenian start-up ecosystem. He also shares the exciting news of launching the Formula VC fund - a great new initiative to further boost the potential of our founders and start-ups. Definitely something to celebrate!

Karen Khachikyan, of Expper Technologies and Robin the Robot, joins this episode and shares valuable insights on building a company in the robotics space. A “Contemporary Hero” award winner, he discusses his experiences from corporate sales and business development, customer and passion driven strategic choices, team dynamics and entrepreneurship at large.

Tech AM Report was delighted to host Naira Hovakimyan. Being one of Armenia’s most distinguished and acclaimed scientists, she discussed subjects such as state of scientific development in Armenia, its prospects and outlook, aviation, drones, private vs. public sector finance of R&D, and much more. Naira brings perspectives from top-seeded institutions across the world to talk about leading benchmarks and best practices.

Marina Aghayan is the Co-Founder and CEO of FACT Industries OU, an R&D and innovations based company operating in the Material Sciences domain. Since its establishment in 2018 the team has managed to sign up multinational and advanced equipment producers from space, aerospace and telecom/5G sectors. FACT Industries is also the winner of Neruzh 2019 competition.

The conversations covers several topics such as innovations based entrepreneurship, building and financing a hardware startup, IP protection and patenting, how to sign up major clients, taking angel financing, the nuances of being a female co-founder as well as key insights and best practices from the Estonian tech and start-up ecosystem.

Nareg Soghmonian, Director of Business Development at Preezma, discusses his recent move to Armenia and the responsibilities and nuances of his position, how he got there and the personal traits one needs to be a sales executive. Nareg also spoke about his work advising and coaching start-ups, the typical challenges they face and the importance of building trust and transparency, both inside the team and with clients.

In this new episode of Tech AM Report, Areg Vardanyan, co-founder of ForgeFiction discusses building a community-based start-up within the entertainment industry. ForgeFiction has already brought together thousands of followers and contributors which has culminated in their newly released book “The Journeys through Faladon.” The discussion touched upon the trends in entertainment/media, the co-founders’ and the team’s background, the community building process and its nuances, market entry and future expansion strategies and more.

Todd Fabacher talks about his experience as a serial entrepreneur and the insights accumulated over the years both in Armenia but also in leading tech clusters in the Far East. He touches upon matters such as how to nurture, grow and promote talent, how to sign-up major clients, as well as Digital Pomegranate’s place in supporting Gyumri as a technology hub. Finally, the conversation emphasizes the essential issue of building a support system as a founder to deal with everyday challenges and the importance of the local ecosystem and trust when optimizing outcomes both as a start-up but also as a national tech cluster overall.

In this week’s episode, Samson Avetian speaks with Emma Arakelyan, founding partner of BAJ Accelerator. They spoke about the need for increased domestic corporate investment into innovation and R&D, Arakelyan's recent initiative launching BAJ Accelerator in NYC as a complementary networking and finance channel for Armenian start-ups and founders; the strengths and opportunities of the domestic tech and entrepreneurial cluster and the promotion of women and gender equality in Armenia, both as an issue of fairness as well as a distinct competitive advantage for the Armenian start-up and innovation ecosystem.

Samson Avetian and Berge Ayvazian talk about the evolution of telecom services internationally and in Armenia over the last decades, touching upon recent important developments with relation to 5G. They discuss the opportunities this new technology offers for Armenia and draw parallels with the revolution 4G technology resulted in via smartphone capabilities. Finally the issue of Armenia’s positioning relative to other early adopters of 5G comes up as a facilitator and driver of business creation and innovation.