My Garage Project: @locomizer
Interest ProfilesGeo-Data
ü User Interest Profiles
ü Business Profiles
ü Privacy Protected
ü Companies’ own data
ü Public sources
ü Un- or Semi-Structured Data-as-a-Service
Location analytics – Building Geo-Behavioral Interest Graph
Alexey Pajitnov developed Tetris while
working for Gov Research Center
Alexey PajitnovTetris was born in Moscow at one of the
closed research centers in 1984.
Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov
develops the very first version of Tetris
on an Electronica 60.
Perestroika, USSR collapse and
followed IT brain drain
100K+ scientist left Russia last decades
1st Most Popular
Destination
2nd Most Popular
Destination
Source: http://www.time.com/
To summarize Russian IT situation:
§ It was historically MILITARY oriented
– no idea of CONSUMERIZATION and
MONETIZATION
§ Soviet Union fall led to the halt in
military spending and followed brain
drain
Btw, Rakuten invested in Russia’s
largest online shopping site Ozon.ru
Image source: Wired.co.uk
Participated in a $100 Million round
Disclosure: I work for Rakuten