Jane Kubryak 🙃

Experience

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  PwC Russia

  Feb 2012 - May 2012

  Financial Due Dilligence Intern

  Data collection and analysis, logical reasoning, report writing and presentation design

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  Ментор Консалтинг

  Oct 2012 - May 2015

  Financial Consultant

  Business plan writing, financial modeling, analysis of market and industry data, report writing and presentation design

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  Kliver

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

  Project Finance Coordinator

  My role included the following key responsibilities:Budgeting and cash flow planning (information support of management decisions regarding finance);Process improvement and modeling (internal consulting),Contract management (interaction with Client’s team, reporting to the Client, Additional works and Changes administration);

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  Sodrugestvo

  Jul 2017 - Feb 2020

  Built Strategic planning function from scratch, hired and coached 2 financial analysts for my team. Led Group financial modelling, streamlined modeling of new investment projects. Coordinated investment decision making for international projects of 100 M$+ caliber (including EBRD financing), led cross-functional and multi-regional teams, managed relationships with key stakeholders. Performed strategic analysis of global growth opportunities.Lead financial modeling for investment decision making.Tracked budgeting metrics and analyzed IFRS reports.

  • Head of Strategy

    Jul 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Jul 2017 - Feb 2020
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  Bain & Company

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  Consultant

  Built quantitative model of Covid-19 impact for decision making by key players in the travel industry

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  VK

  Feb 2021 - Dec 2021

  Senior Manager Product Strategy

  Launched an MVP of investment community and stock-picking service.Lead market research, strategy and business modeling for new initiatives around social media (CIS & globally). Successfully pitched 5 startups to investment committee, conducted valuation for M&A and in-house opportunities. Generated and validated over 40 product hypotheses through trend research. Built trend research team.

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  APPE / Ex-Instar

  Mar 2022 - Oct 2022

  Startup co-founder, Product manager

  Launched Instagram-like social media in 3 months from scratch.Developed positioning and GTM around productivity and gaming to differentiate from 20+ competitors.Pivoted to Web3 game.Led fundraising and global partnerships.

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  Discover with Jane

  Jul 2022 - now

  Founder

  Develop product positioning, user segments, GTM strategy and messaging for edtech, media, social & gaming, AI assistants, collaborative software, health and wellness.Started with trendwatching projects, developing own methodology.Example results:crafted new product offer and community mechanic for a language school,created product strategy for a media platform,built engaging landing page for an agency with a 3x market ticket.

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  Techstars Startup Digest

  Jul 2024 - now

  Growth Newsletter Curator

  Weekly cases of startup growth for 3000+ founders.Link to subscribe - see Featured.

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  ULTRA.VC

  Sept 2024 - now

  Startup Mentor

  Driving 0 to 1 growth through hypothesis testing, market research, business models & more.