How Ukrainian became a WhatsApp programmer

When Sasha Sturme was 15 years old, her father gave her a book about programming on Android. She now lives in the United States and works as a WhatsApp programmer. For the online magazine Happy Monday Talks, Sasha Sturma shares his impressions of working on WhatsApp and gives advice on ...

As a Ukrainian, Igor Sikorsky founded a company in the US worth $ 7,1 billion

Igor Sikorsky left for the United States at the beginning of the 100th century. There he, together with a group of enthusiasts, created his own aircraft manufacturing company, Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation. 7,1 years after its foundation, the Ukrainian company was valued at $ XNUMX billion. MC Today's editorial staff tells ...

How Ukrainians created one of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley

In the Embarcadero business center, in the heart of San Francisco, is the headquarters of Grammarly, founded by three Ukrainians. It is one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley. Now its product has more than 2 billion potential consumers. One of the founders is former Kiev resident Alex...

How 13-year-old American came up with candy without sugar and earned $ 6 million

В перерывах между посещением школы и занятий танцами 13-летняя Алина Морс успевает руководить шестью сотрудниками и готовиться к встречам с розничными продавцами по всему миру. Морс основала компанию по производству конфет без сахара, когда ей было девять лет — идея…

2018 Heroes of the Year: Our US Immigrants Succeeded

Moving to a new country is associated with adapting to a new environment, culture and language, so it is very difficult for immigrants to start a business or build a career at first. However, there are people who, after moving, have achieved tremendous success in the United States. The stories of our immigrants, about ...

Ukrainian Mikhail Koroteev on how to conquer the US advertising market, working with Google and why Megan Fox and Andy MacDowell save forests

Having moved less than four years ago, creative director and director Mikhail Koroteev managed to work with such world giants as Campbell's and Starbucks, Verizon and Mars, become a member of the jury of the international Webby competition and even acquire his own office in the prestigious Dumbo. In an interview ...

How an American with Down Syndrome made millions

John Cronin designs and sells socks - they are worn not only by ordinary Americans, but also by George Bush Sr. and Justin Trudeau. John sends a postcard with each package, resulting in a thousand postcards a month in the fall. The colder it gets, the more orders there are. And to every buyer...

Where Ilon Mask took the money for the first development

Elon Musk started earning money by programming as a child. He wrote the Blastar computer game in 1984, published it in the South African magazine PC Office Technology, and received $ 500. After moving from South Africa to Canada in 1988, Musk got a job first ...

Bond's girl from Berdyansk: Olga Kurylenko's success story

The story of the actress and model Olga Kurylenko is another fairy tale about Cinderella, which came true. A simple girl from the city of Berdyansk became a French citizen, a "Bond girl" and Tom Cruise's partner in the film "Oblivion". Frenchwoman of Ukrainian origin Today Olga Kurylenko ...

'The most beautiful Azerbaijani' spoke about life and career in the USA

The only Azerbaijani male model who managed to reach the world podium was Rustam Dzhabrailov, who was nicknamed “The Most Beautiful Azerbaijani.” A young man who dreamed of becoming a school geography teacher since childhood unexpectedly won the international competition “The Best Model of the World” and moved to…

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