Insights on how to start a startup from Ukraine

1. Startup life in Ukraine
Havrysh Herman
gavrishgerman@gmail.com
@gavrishgerman
fb: gavrishgerman

2. Who am I
• 6 years in software development
• Relocated myself to Poland, than to Germany and than
got back
• Started a profitable project with a fundamental flaw
• Work @ https://www.airshiphq.com/

3. Goals
• Inspire more people to start more startups from Ukraine
• Network and Airship pitch

5. Consultant agency
problems
• No skin in the game(low risk, low reward)
• Low responsibility / low accountability
• No bigger picture

6. Startup difference
• Quick feedback loops
• No micromanagement

7. Benefits on starting your
own thing
• Major soft and hard skill upgrade
• Fast pace == quick solutions
• The problem you are solving is more important than a
code you are writing

8. Makers paralysis

9. Anti-procrastination
framework
• Hackathon
• Commit publicly
• Have a full-time job? Get up early
• Do what people need
• Do anything, ship in any states, nobody cares(yet)

10. Startup problems
• Sadly, Ukraine is a small market. Start a startup for USA:
• Remote, time difference
• Cultural difference
• Everything is a high priority
• 90 hour work week is a real thing

11. Resources
• Skin in the game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Zero to One by Peter Thiel
• http://paulgraham.com/articles.html
• https://twitter.com/naval
• Startup School by Y Combinator