Office Hours
Welcome to Office Hours presented by ProMazo. Getting that first job and succeeding as a young professional can often be a daunting, scary and difficult process. It can often feel overwhelming and like you going at it all alone.
Well we're here to help and be your guide throughout the whole young professional career cycle from career discovery to getting your first job and succeeding once you nab that first role. In each episode, we'll sit down with some of the world's top business leaders and entrepreneurs to give you the inside track on how they became successful. Office Hours is a masterclass on how to navigate your early career, gain the skills you need to get to the next level and identify the tools to discover where you want to go.
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Altair VC: Igor Ryabenkiy - Managing Partner
When it comes to being an entrepreneur, Dr. Igor Ryabenkiy truly started from ground zero. At the time he graduated from university in the former Soviet Union, it was actually ILLEGAL to be an entrepreneur. It wasn’t until 4 years after he graduated that it was finally allowed, and he seized the opportunity immediately without looking back. Decades later, Dr. Ryabenkiy is the managing partner at Altair Capital and has seen an enormous amount of success with over 20 successful exits and 300+ companies in their portfolio. In this interview, Igor shares some advice for those looking to be entrepreneurs, why he stresses the importance of international experience for personal development, along with the types of companies he thinks students should look for based on their goals or ambitions.