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Thanks! It feels that you are speaking from your own experience. Indeed, it's hard. But not everyone understands this.

• charlesdm 8y ago
  Do you think having access to "cheaper" talent (I don't mean they're worse in skill, but I guess there are less opportunities for capable engineers in Belarus) is a huge competitive advantage? Do you think you would have been able to build the same business in say London?
  • aviv 8y ago
    > Do you think having access to "cheaper" talent (I don't mean they're worse in skill, but I guess there are less opportunities for capable engineers in Belarus) is a huge competitive advantage? Why wouldn't it be?
  • evermike 8y ago
    Hard to say. Most likely the result would be the same, but more expensive. We have good technical people here in Belarus. But we have other problems. It’s almost impossible to find good Sales or Marketing talents here. I think it's due to the fact that we still have fewer product companies and more outsourcing. And of course English language. It's not native for us. While these positions imply impeccable knowledge. Therefore, perhaps in London we could build sales/marketing team from day one and could sell better. But with the engineers it would be pretty much the same. Or even worse. I can imagine that we would probably hire people remotely, to save money, and this approach has some drawbacks.
• giarc 8y ago
  It is coming from experience! Been at a Saas product for 3 years or so. Still under $1000 MRR but with a new product in the wings.