About investments

Igor Yanov. Factories change their owners. This is fine. Development requires the leader’s ambitions and his willingness to pour his energy, money and other valuable resources into the business. 10-15 years of asset ownership have passed. Many owners are simply tired and have lost energy. I think [companies like Novaem, whose owner bought several dying enterprises] are the “first signs” of a new wave of interest in industrial assets.

About the rules of life

Alexander Sandro. [David Yakobashvili, a former shareholder of Wimm-Bill-Dann] has clear and correct principles. Although... “Billions are not the same as happiness” - only those who have climbed to the financial Olympus can judge this based on their experience; the rest will have to take their word for it. And, of course, the question remains: what else, besides these principles, do you need to have, or perhaps be able to or know, in order to achieve even remotely similar financial success?

About perseverance in business

Arkady Chernyakov. First of all, business requires an idea and self-belief. My partner and I started practically from scratch - we invested 10,000 rubles each (yes, this is not a joke). True, for the first two years we literally lived from hand to mouth, but now we are one of the five leading manufacturers of marking equipment for metallurgy. But if there is no faith or idea, then yes, it’s bad.

About US problems

Vlad Mirolevich . Jobs are being “taken away” [as Obama puts it] from America due to the fact that the bulk of its working-age population no longer meets the new requirements emerging in the course of technological progress. The United States itself undermined the roots of the oak tree, from which acorns were falling, when it rushed to move production to the once impoverished countries of the Asia-Pacific region and China. The funny thing is that America today has nothing to oppose to the Chinese model. The 2008–2009 crisis showed this well: any external threat in China immediately turns into a reversal in stimulating domestic consumption and ultimately leads to the strengthening of China and to the aggravation of problems in the rest of the “free world.”

About business ideas

Vitaly Konnov . About eight or ten years ago, a friend and I, sitting in the kitchen and drinking beer, discussed how cool it would be to make an electronic book with a screen - one that could be flipped through like a regular one. But then we were dreamers and business did not particularly interest us. But the idea was great. But one idea is usually not enough. It needs to be in the right hands and with the right opportunities.

About little things

Alexander Chernetsky. When the floors in the toilets of our office were tiled with provocative light beige tiles, there was amazement and even consternation. But over time, it became a kind of corporate beacon. Sometimes clients are complex, and then I wonder if this client is capable of complying with all the nuances of our technology, which are so important for an optimal result.

Fixes

The article “Energy without War” (No. 12, 2011) provides an inaccurate list of Siman Povarenkin’s assets. Entrepreneurs in Georgia own only the Madneuli and Quartzite companies.

In the information about the Engeocom company in the “Kings of Real Estate” rating (No. 2, 2012), it is mentioned that the founder of Engeocom, Mikhail Rudyak, crashed on a snowmobile in 2007. The accident actually occurred in 2000. The date of Ernest Rudyak's return to Russia was also incorrectly stated. Should read: in 2009.

In the “Tops of the Runet” rating (No. 3, 2012), the name of one of the founders of Wikimart is misspelled in the company certificate and in the caption to the photo. Should read: Kamil Kurmakaev. In the same material, the information about RBC states that in 2011 the company acquired the hosting provider and domain registrar Hosting Community. In fact, RBC formed the Hosting Community group of companies in 2008. In 2011, RBC agreed to purchase the registrar and provider RU-Center, which after the deal is closed will be part of the Hosting Community structure.

The editors apologize.

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