Thursday, April 24, 2014

Pavel, come to Lithuania!

UPDATE: Our joint initiative was noticed and we got a reply from Pavel:
Pavel, looking forward to welcoming you in Vilnius, Lithuania! :)

Dear Pavel,

this is an invitation for you and your team to come to Lithuania from Lithuanian startup community. Also endorsed by Dalia Grybauskaitė, the President of Lithuania.

Lithuania is a tiny, but awesome country and we are open to all good willing people. Lithuania easily meets the criteria you have mentioned in your post and tops it with bonus:
  • Our rights and freedoms are guaranteed by strong rule of law, various local institutions, regulated by European Union and protected by NATO.
  • We have a stable economy and LOTS of smart people to work with. Seriously, it's hard to find people who don't have higher education here. Many speak both English and Russian.
  • One of the lowest taxes and smallest bureaucracy in EU, growing FDI to Lithuania. For these reason multiple internaitonal companies have their IT / supports centers in Lithuania. E.g. recently Wix.com moved their app development department to Vilnius. 
And in July Sergei Klimov is moving his game development studio Charlie Oscar to Vilnius - I'm yet to find a nicer post about Vilnius, than one written by Sergei.
Belarus - Lithuania startup panel in recent LOGIN Startup Fair'14 conference in Vilnius. Lithuania has ties with all neighbor countries and good relationship with the most :)
Most importantly - we have a dynamic and growing startup scene:
  • We have success stories like GetJar, Vinted and Pixelmator started in Lithuania. With dozens and dozens of upcoming startups catching up - Lithuanian startups consistently rank well in startup rankings, competitions and accelerators etc
  • Investors from all around have showed their trust in Lithuanian startups: Accel Partners, Intel Capital, just to name a couple.
  • Dozens of local and international events for starups - LOGIN, Silicon Valley Comes to the Baltics and others. Also lots of support from government to startup community with initiatives like Startup Lithuania.
This should be enough for starters? :) Pavel, I would be more than happy to tell you more personally (will send you an email with my contact details). 

Bellow in the comment section you will find signatures of startupers from Lithuania who join this invitation.

[UPDATE] Our initiative was picked up by Lithuanian politicians, government institutions and ALL main news portals:
lrytas.lt
vz.lt
delfi.lt
15min.lt
ekonomika.lt
balsas.lt

[UPDATE 2] Getting some international media attention - ArcticStartup covered our story (in English)!

[UPDATE 3] Coverage in Russian:
ru.delfi.lt
siliconrus.com
balticmoney.lv
kanobu.ru

Stay tuned, more news coming soon! ;)

Best wishes,

Eddy

51 comments:

  1. Welcome, Pavel! Gintas Balčiūnas, CEO @ iSign.lt

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  2. Lithuania is a startup itself! Welcome!
    Domas Sabockis CEO @ Dragdis.com

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  3. Look forward to seeing you in Lithuania!

    Antanas Bakšys, CEO @ SearchNode

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  4. Welcome, Pavel!

    Vilius Kraujutis and ChallengeMe team.
    https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeMeSports

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  5. Would like to see You and team here.
    Paulius Podolskis CEO @ Estina

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  6. Welcome Pavel
    Claudio Santori @BliuBliu - the fun way to learn languages

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  7. See you in Vilnius, Pavel!
    Alan Mendelevich, founder & ceo @ AdDuplex

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  8. Welome, Pavel!
    Vytenis Pakėnas, CEO @ JobRely.com

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  9. Welcome, Pavel!
    Eimantas Mikšys, CEO @ Flyeye, CMO @ Lėkštė.lt

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  10. Pavel, Welcome! Arturas Jonkus @IQPolls & @rottenwifi

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  11. Pavel, Lithuania is waiting for You :) @AleksGerda

    Gerda (www.gludis.com)

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  12. Pavel, Vilnius is the best place to land. Believe me.
    Evaldas Venskutonis
    @ WATCHAR (marketplace for augmented reality)

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  13. Welcome Pavel and see you in Vilnius,
    Robertas Sadovskis CEO @ Manodaktaras

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  14. Павел, не тормозь!

    Министерство Економики Литвы

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  15. Привет Павел,

    Да, Eddy правильно говорит. Литва - замечательная страна для молодых компаний. Люди добрые, многие говорят по-русски. Замечательно жить и работать. Приезжай в гости - сам увидишь.

    С уважением,
    Kestutis Tauckela - CEO @ Outlander Studios.

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  16. Waiting for you and your team here in Vilnius, Lithuania.

    Marius CEO Rasytojas.lt

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  17. Welcome Pavel.
    Henrikas Urbonas CEO @ Simple To Act

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  18. Pavel, what happened to you it's horrible and we feel very sorry about that. You're always more than welcome in Lithuania. Great people, very good environment for doing business and hiring talents, beaufitul girls and superb beer!

    Mantas Mikuckas, Co-founder and COO @ Vinted

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  19. Много времени проважу путешествуя по миру. Знаеш, что меня как магнит тянет обратно? Это зеленый цвет свободы, виден повсюду. Теперь он загорелся и вашей команде.
    Велкам Паша в Литву!
    Rasius CEO @ BlogamOre.lt

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  20. Pavel, looking forward to see your ideas taking shape here in Lithuania.

    Tomas Nemura, CEO @ TheChocolate.lt

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  21. Join the startup of Lithuania - where ideas and creativity run free!

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  22. Welcome, Pavel! Julius Pauliukevicius, CEO @ GoHisto

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  23. Pavel,

    Looking forward to seeing you and your team in Lithuania! I hope you will have great conversations with our startups and they will inspire you even more!

    Dovydas Navickas, CEO @ QuatroDev

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  24. Welcome, Pavel!
    We even have an office on the central avenue that feels just like your HQ in St Petersburg: http://www.pirkliuklubas.lt/en

    Oleg Pridiuk
    Unity Technologies

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  25. Would love to have you here Pavel, don't make any bad decisions ;)

    Co-Founder @ Veleza.com

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  26. Would love to have you here!

    Organizer @ Silicon Valley Comes to the Baltics

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  27. Welcome, Pavel ;)
    Žilvinas Ledas, CTO @ tagofjoy.lt

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  28. Welome, Pavel!
    Jurij Laneckij, Founder @ PriceOn

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  29. Bring it on, Pavel!

    Audrius Jankauskas, Co-Founder @ ImpressPages

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  30. Hope to see you in Lithuania!

    Petras, Rep @ Mozilla Lithuania

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  31. Welcome Pavel!
    Paulius Vitkus COO @ BizRecommends.com

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  32. Будучи Беларусом, уже 5 лет живу в Литве, и ни минуты не сожалею, что в какой-то момент выбор пал именно на эту страну! Приезжай, и убедись в этом сам!

    Гавриил
    Co-Founder at Global Belarusian Leaders

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  33. Pavel, welcome! 100 beer pints on me
    Aurimas Virzintas CEO @ Kirigami Plywood

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  34. Pavel, we would be more than happy to host you in Lithuania! Tomas @ Aciety.

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  35. So many brightest minds are inviting you to Lithuania - you will be glad accepting the invitation. Vilnius is good place for what you are looking and I invite you too.

    Andrius Norkaitis, founder & ceo @ eTAXI

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  36. Welcome Pavel!

    Justas Janauskas, CEO @ Vinted

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  37. Come, and let's all have some fun in Lithuania

    Robertas Visinskis, CEO @Trustribe

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  38. Welcome to Vilnius, Pavel!

    Laurina Todesaite, LVA trainer @ mikolsoft.com

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  39. Welcome Pavel!

    Jonas Gavelis from StartupHighway

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  40. Welcome Pavel & the team!

    Alex from CGTrader

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  41. Pavel, you are more than welcome in Lithuania!

    Paulius, CEO @ Dalinuosi.lt

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  42. Pavel, I would be happy to see you and your team in Lithuania.

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  43. Always welcome, Pavel.

    Mantas, CEO @ TutoTOONS.com

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