At the end of June, on the 27th, Forbes Ukraine held the second annual Forum of Entrepreneurs 2024 in the center of Kyiv at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center, which brought together the founders and representatives of small, medium, and large companies, creative directors, outstanding entrepreneurs and business experts who create competitive products.
At the event were:
- more than 50 top-speakers;
- 12 hours of intense program;
- 7 partners and sponsors of the event.
The event took place on the third floor of the CEC Parkovy, where, due to the spacious location, partner stands and constructions.
The most saturated part of the program took place in the
Convention and Concert Hall, where the top speakers discussed the topics of such blocks as: "Development Strategy: Markets, Products, Sales," "How to Build an Investment Attractive Company," "Masters of Scaling: Franchises, Exports, Organic Growth" and "Home Work of a Business Leader: Corporate Culture and People, Process Development, Interaction with the State." The forum presented several formats for the exchange of useful information: dialogues, discussions, workshops, interviews, and others.
Among the speakers:
- Volodymyr Fedorin – Founding Editor of Forbes Ukraine;
- Maksym Zoloiedov – Creative Director of Forbes Ukraine;
- Valeriy Reshetnyak – General Director of robota.ua;
- Viacheslav Klimov – Co-founder of Nova Poshta, President of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs;
- Alexander (Teren) Budko – Veteran, host of the show "Fuck the Legs, or All Inclusive," writer;
- Oleg Gorokhovsky – Co-owner of Fintech Band, Monobank;
- Alexander Stelmakh – Visa Senior Director for Digital Solutions in Ukraine, Georgia, CIS countries and Southeast Europe;
- Andrey Pivovarsky – CEO WOG;
- Aleksandr Kolb – Founder and CEO of Promodo;
- Alexander Konotopskyi – Chairman of the Supervisory Board and founder of Ajax Systems;
- Sergiy Magdych – FUIB's Deputy Chairman of the Board;
- Maxim Sheremet – Operations Director of Epicenter, etc.
In the conference zones located near the
Convention and Concert Hall, which mobile turned into separate rooms, there were also three workshops during the day on the following topics: "New markets: Checklist of exports to Africa and the USA," "Crash test: digital tools for entrepreneurs in 2024," "Where to get money to scale a business." Top speakers, including Ivan Kryshtal and Tanya Parfileva – co-founders of CHER "17, Alla Dubrovyk-Rokhova – Partner of PGR Consulting Group LLC, etc., revealed extremely important insights from the enterprise and shared valuable facts.
During lunch, as well as at the end of the event, guests had the opportunity to relax and focus on networking on the
summer terrace, where they also enjoyed the views of the center of the capital and the Dnipro and goodies and cocktails from the atmospheric stands of partners.
It should be noted that the previous day, at the official opening on June 26, 2024, Forbes Ukraine, with the support of PIN-UP, held an award ceremony for the Indestructible Business grant program at the Parkovy Exhibition and Convention Center. 30 representatives of Ukrainian micro- and small businesses, who faithfully work in territories close to the front, shared a grant fund for a total of 10 million UAH. The event took place on the third floor of the complex, at the location of
Park Hall Event Space.
The Parkovy team thanks the organizers for such a busy two-day event, which highlighted extremely important topics of today and powerful ideas for the development of Ukrainian entrepreneurship. See you later!
