The Pursuit of Scrappiness 🎧 59 What happens to a startup during a war? Overcoming the operational and leadership challenges w/ Vadim Rogovskiy 🇺🇦 (3DLOOK)
Vadim Rogovskiy is the CEO & Co-founder of Ukrainian startup 3DLOOK. Upon the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vadim’s team has partially relocated to Western Ukraine, Poland and the US and continues to operate close to pre-war operational level.
In this episode we talk:
- 3DLOOK & its business operations before the war
- Team response to crisis
- What happens to contracts during war
- Crisis management tips for CEOs
- War impact on clients, partners and investors
- The outlook for Ukrainian startups
The episode was recorded on April 26, 2022
The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps
[01:30] - Vadim's business before and during the war
[06:10] - Not believing the war will actually start, but getting ready nevertheless
[09:30] - Team's readiness to evacuate together with the company
[11:55] - How all this affected productivity of the team
[14:00] - Was everyone able to leave the country?
[17:15] - What happens to contracts during war?
[19:00] - Key crisis management tips for CEOs
[22:40] - Should companies have an emergency plan to evacuate?
[29:00] - Impact of the war in eyes of Western clients, partners, investors
[31:15] - The future for company future in Ukraine
[34:15] - How startups help the war effort and how foreigners can help Ukrainian startups
[37:30] - Vadim's outlook on how/when this ends
To reach out to Vadim use:
Email: vadim@3dlook.me
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vadim-rogovskiy
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