Stacy Galgashova

Experience

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  WeStudy.In

  Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

  Account Manager

  Results:- As a result of team work, won the qualifying round of Challenge Cup Moscow 2013 (a trip to Washington to final)- More than 30 new business partners- More than 50 new publications on the website- Steady growth in site traffic and the number of services purchased- The base of employees and customers (over 40 people) has been optimized for the future useResponsibilities:- Maintaining database of employees and customers- Assisting accounting department- Business correspondence with clients and partners (in Russian and English) - Coordinating the activities of employees working remotely- Partnerships (from submission of the offer to signing the contract) with Russian and foreign organizations and institutions in the field of education- SMM (facebook, vk, twitter)- Creating weekly email newsletter - Working with Google Analytics - Creating of content: translation, rewriting, copywriting- Other assistant assignments Show less

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  Galima HR

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2015

  Project Manager

  Results:- Installed and configured all the plugins that optimize work with the publications- Traffic increased by 2 times; the number of subscribers in social networks increased from 0 to 6000 at VK and from 700 to 8000 at FB since my first workday- Clients base increased from 112 to 487 companies- Created more than 1140 publications on the websiteResponsibilities:- Copywriting, editing, SMM, PR- Customizing Wordpress - Communication with customers, companies and site visitors - Writing commercial offers, selling online services, maintaining a base of clients Show less

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  National Research University - Higher School of Economics

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Research Intern

  I worked at the “Center of regional programs of public and municipal management” (Institute of State and Municipal Management HSE) in a group of consultants on a project dedicated to assessing the investment potential of St Petersburg. I was also engaged in the research of the investment attractiveness of other Russian regions.Also worked as a junior consultant on a project for Gazprom about developing strategy to promote and evaluate the effectiveness of motor fuel.Responsibilities:- Research, analysis, presentation of information Show less

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  MixVille

  May 2015 - Mar 2016

  Manager Marketing

  Online-marketing & Sales at Mixville Results:- An increase in the number of orders on a daily basis on the website from 4 to 17 (average)- An increase in average check from 2200 to 7000 RUB (average)- Implementation of regular online sales plan (and over-fulfillment implementation in season)- The launch of a new section with the products on the website, launch of more than 50 items on the websiteResponsibilities:- Bitrix Online-store administration, the development of the site in collaboration with developers- Creating the content of online store (content, photos, SEO-description)- PR, launching and promotion of new products online- Email Marketing- Sales through online channels: SMM, working with CPA, control of work of SEO contractor- Sales and formation of individual orders for corporate clients- Working with feedback from customers- Participation in events (food festivals, sponsorship)- Packaging Development in collaboration with designers and printers- Creative development and printing materials in collaboration with designers (catalogs, leaflets, brochures)- A variety of instructions and coordination between departments in the company Show less

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  Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  Regional Manager

  IIDF - https://iidf.vc/ OR https://www.iidf.ru/ - the most active Russian VC fund and accelerator. It has $100M (6bn RUB) under management. Since 2013 IIDF has closed more than 405+ deals ranging from $20k to $5.5M. Investment activity accounts for up to 100 IT startup deals each year.Results: - By the team of 15 people, we hosted 245+ startup events and participated 245+ partners’ events only in 2017 - An online reach of our social media and emails was more than 1 million visitors in 2017- More than 45 000 people visited our events in 30 cities of Russia in two years- Half of the seed and A-round deals in IIDF in two years were made with startups from Russian regions - my department was responsible for that KPI- We created a stable sales funnel and growing lead generation process for funding by sharing with startups an ecosystem of actual new content, free education and full openness for questions and support- As a result of our consultation, three of our regional partners made their own strong acceleration programs for pre-seed startups: South IT Park, Yaroslavl Business Incubator, Samara Yellow Rockets AcceleratorEveryday responsibilities:- Main goals: to find, attract and educate IT-startups for the IIDF investment and participation in Acceleration Programs- Management of remote team of 12 people and 24 partner organizations in 30 cities for the development of regional startup ecosystem- Lead generation: online marketing, offline marketing (events hosting from 30 to 1500 participants, partnerships) - Public speaker on the events: the basics of VC investment, customer development, HADI and SMART planning instruments, the basics of business tracking - Everyday support of startups and preliminary scoring teams for investment Show less

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  LegionFarm

  Apr 2018 - May 2022

  Public relations and network building. Legionfarm Group has raised $1.5 million in 2019 for its game services platform that uses esports pros to teach folks how to get better at playing games. Y Combinator W20 alumni.

  • Head Of Communications

    May 2021 - May 2022

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Apr 2018 - May 2021
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  YCombinator in Russian

  Jan 2020 - now

  Community Manager

  Founded in 2019 and building ever since an 18,000-strong nonprofit, volunteer-based community of startup founders, VC investors, tech journalists, and highly skilled professionals. "Y Combinator in Russian" was founded as an initiative by Russian-speaking founders from former CIS countries (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and others), helping each other with recommendations and pitch training.- Organizing non-profit seasonal meetups and founders-for-founders sessions.- Assisting founders in preparing and crafting pitches for fundraising and accelerator program applications, connecting them with alumni from institutions such as Y Combinator, 500 Global, Berkeley Skydeck, Techstars, Alchemist, and others.- Assisting founders with preparing for launching on Product Hunt, participating in hackathons, and startup weekends. Show less

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  NVO Capital

  Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

  Venture Partner

  Deal-by-deal advisory and consulting on venture investments in Y Combinator alumni founders 2021-2022 batches. New Venture Order. Early-stage micro-VC founded by top Silicon Valley accelerator alumni (YC, SkyDeck, 500) with a focus on post-COVID tech. Portfolio: Emerge.io, Durioo, Impossible Mining, Ultraviolet (ex-Octi), Solve Intelligence, RightPage, Cair Health, MICSI, Dili, Envelope Money, Infobot