UPDATE: Our joint initiative was noticed and we got a reply from 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:
- to the letter from Eligijus Masiulis, Chairman of the Liberal Movement Party of Lithuania,
- and the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitės tweet!
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.
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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
[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
Welcome, Pavel! Gintas Balčiūnas, CEO @ iSign.lt
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ReplyDeleteDomas Sabockis CEO @ Dragdis.com
Look forward to seeing you in Lithuania!
ReplyDeleteAntanas Bakšys, CEO @ SearchNode
Welcome, Pavel!
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Welcome Pavel
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See you in Vilnius, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteAlan Mendelevich, founder & ceo @ AdDuplex
Welome, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteVytenis Pakėnas, CEO @ JobRely.com
Welcome, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteEimantas Mikšys, CEO @ Flyeye, CMO @ Lėkštė.lt
Pavel, Welcome! Arturas Jonkus @IQPolls & @rottenwifi
ReplyDeleteYep, Welcome!
ReplyDeleteNerijus (www.mobon.eu)
Pavel, Lithuania is waiting for You :) @AleksGerda
ReplyDeleteGerda (www.gludis.com)
Pavel, Vilnius is the best place to land. Believe me.
ReplyDeleteEvaldas Venskutonis
@ WATCHAR (marketplace for augmented reality)
Welcome Pavel and see you in Vilnius,
ReplyDeleteRobertas Sadovskis CEO @ Manodaktaras
Павел, не тормозь!
ReplyDeleteМинистерство Економики Литвы
Привет Павел,
ReplyDeleteДа, 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,
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Waiting for you and your team here in Vilnius, Lithuania.
ReplyDeleteMarius CEO Rasytojas.lt
Welcome Pavel.
ReplyDeleteHenrikas Urbonas CEO @ Simple To Act
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!
ReplyDeleteMantas Mikuckas, Co-founder and COO @ Vinted
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.
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Rasius CEO @ BlogamOre.lt
Pavel, looking forward to see your ideas taking shape here in Lithuania.
ReplyDeleteTomas Nemura, CEO @ TheChocolate.lt
Join the startup of Lithuania - where ideas and creativity run free!
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Pavel! Julius Pauliukevicius, CEO @ GoHisto
ReplyDeletePavel,
ReplyDeleteLooking 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
Welcome, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteWe 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
Would love to have you here Pavel, don't make any bad decisions ;)
ReplyDeleteCo-Founder @ Veleza.com
Would love to have you here!
ReplyDeleteOrganizer @ Silicon Valley Comes to the Baltics
Welcome, Pavel ;)
ReplyDeleteŽilvinas Ledas, CTO @ tagofjoy.lt
Let's do that!
ReplyDeleteCo-founder @ Adtarget.me
Welome, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteJurij Laneckij, Founder @ PriceOn
Bring it on, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteAudrius Jankauskas, Co-Founder @ ImpressPages
Hope to see you in Lithuania!
ReplyDeletePetras, Rep @ Mozilla Lithuania
Welcome, Pavel. ;)
ReplyDeleteWelcome Pavel, Donatas CTO @ Friday Lab.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Pavel! (:
ReplyDeleteAdam CEO @ Steadee
Welcome Pavel!
ReplyDeletePaulius Vitkus COO @ BizRecommends.com
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!
ReplyDeleteГавриил
Co-Founder at Global Belarusian Leaders
Pavel, welcome! 100 beer pints on me
ReplyDeleteAurimas Virzintas CEO @ Kirigami Plywood
Always welcome!
ReplyDeleteDaugilas CEO @ withEvent.com
Let's meet in Lithuania.
ReplyDeleteDarius
NFQ.COM
Pavel, we would be more than happy to host you in Lithuania! Tomas @ Aciety.
ReplyDeleteSo 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.
ReplyDeleteAndrius Norkaitis, founder & ceo @ eTAXI
Welcome Pavel!
ReplyDeleteJustas Janauskas, CEO @ Vinted
Come, and let's all have some fun in Lithuania
ReplyDeleteRobertas Visinskis, CEO @Trustribe
Welcome Pavel!
ReplyDeleteGediminas, CEO @ LeShopo
Welcome to Vilnius, Pavel!
ReplyDeleteLaurina Todesaite, LVA trainer @ mikolsoft.com
Welcome Pavel!
ReplyDeleteJonas Gavelis from StartupHighway
Welcome Pavel & the team!
ReplyDeleteAlex from CGTrader
Pavel, you are more than welcome in Lithuania!
ReplyDeletePaulius, CEO @ Dalinuosi.lt
Pavel, I would be happy to see you and your team in Lithuania.
ReplyDeleteAlways welcome, Pavel.
ReplyDeleteMantas, CEO @ TutoTOONS.com