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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the ‘Russian Internet’ into which you can invest.
There’s always a fine line between being too focused and missing opportunities, or being too wide and taking on too many.
There is very little room for relaxation, but as long as I capitalize on those brief moments of peace, I’m okay with that.
When a handful of tech giants are gatekeepers to the world’s data, it’s no surprise that the debate about balancing progress against privacy is framed as ‘pro-data and, therefore, innovation’ versus ‘stuck in the Dark Ages’.
I have learned that I must take a holiday at least once each year if I want to survive!
I think Russia is a difficult country, and it’s very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don’t speak the language well.
I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.
When online business first appeared, a lot of operations would take your order and then disappear.
The fundamental vision hasn’t changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
It simply isn’t acceptable for the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, which amass data by the terabyte, to say, ‘Don’t worry, your information’s safe with us, as all sorts of rules protect you’ – when all evidence suggests otherwise.
Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn’t matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job.
Competition is good because we need to educate customers, and Ozon.ru itself will not be able to do it.
Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
A great deal of energy is spent daily on pushing the Russian e-commerce boom along while managing all aspects of growth and development along the way.
Russians are not a very friendly people. It’s hard to get them to speak nicely to the customers. It’s just not in their culture.
The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!
The biggest deficit in terms of gender equality at Ozon lay in our IT department. So we made a decision, along with our key IT leaders, to remove all filters and systemically interview all the women who apply.
My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
While I accept that large investment rounds will always garner headlines, it’s almost as if the magic number of how much cash you’ve managed to raise has become both a stamp of approval and the main metric for gauging a business’s true worth.
E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it’s applicable to any other market.
After I completed the project for BCG, I was offered the position of Director of Marketing for Ozon.ru.
The pickup points are a natural additional network for delivery. For me, the surprise is that Amazon didn’t come up with that idea.
