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Video interview with Anna Baranskaya, Ph.D., who is an expert in strategy, innovation, business models, and business development related to mass products in telecommunication and high-tech industries. She participates in mentoring and consulting projects for start-ups and carries out research in areas of her expertise. For a long time, she was working at VimpelCom Ltd. (brand “Beeline), one of the global telecommunication leaders based in Russia, where she was responsible for new business development. She is currently based in San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and Moscow, Russia. The iDNA club where Anna currently does her Start-up Clinic (it is currently available only in Russian) as she mentions in her interview below. She hopes to set it up in English on a permanent website.
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