The market in terms of consumer consumption is also _very much_ different from US one. There aren't many profitable web 2.0 or mobile start-ups here targeted fo

The market in terms of consumer consumption is also _very much_ different from US one. There aren't many profitable web 2.0 or mobile start-ups here targeted for local market, even copying US ones don't usually work. The only profitable model I've seen these days are Groupon-clones and i believe they really work just in Moscow & Saint-Petersburg. My company is also working on the similar services in Russia, but we make products for international brands like Sabre & TUI, and while I like the fact that such start-ups do appear here, I'm not sure it's "less risky".