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“Don’t deal with investors until you have to… They’re all greedy” Oleg Tinkov on his journey from Russian beer baron to advertising mogul

A Siberian miner’s son with a degree from the St. Petersburg Mining Institute, one could be guilty of assuming entrepreneurship and investment were a million miles from the life Oleg Tinkov once knew. After moving to St. Petersburg in 1988, Tinkov had a string of jobs in everything from a furniture factory, to a bottle-collection …

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“The future is f!@*ing bright! Time to buy sunglasses!” Dave McClure on what makes Russia so sexy to Silicon Valley

Once a remote hinterland in terms of foreign investment, Russia is now emerging as a hot destination for investors looking for a slice of the action on the digital frontier. The recent Landing Page conference organised by Digital October Center for Geeks on a Plane (GOAP) participants, Russian VCs and entrepreneurs was a perfect example …

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