We’re excited to take our social lives off COVID pause and resume having fun with you!

We’re excited to take our social lives off COVID pause and resume having fun with you! You already saw a few posts about the camp that took place in October. However, what you might not know is that It started with online classes for young people all over the world. We were happy to see a few dozen youths enjoying each other’s company while learning from Mindset Development classes. Because of different cultural backgrounds, new ideas were born, unique points of view were expressed, inspirational dreams were shared, some were serious and some were silly. Guest speakers, who are the best in the startup world, added to the overall joyous atmosphere. Connecting young people with accomplished entrepreneurs is something we are planning to do more of, knowing that it might be life-changing for all!

Staying in bed with a cup of hot tea and having the opportunity to learn from inspiring people is probably the best thing a pandemic did for us. No need to wake up early and get ready, no rush, no driving in traffic. It gave us an opportunity to meet people from all around the world, who are absolutely showstopping in their careers. To be honest, it’s not even necessary to be personally interested in the same field as those professionals. Seeing people being passionate about their jobs and projects is a good reminder that work is more than just a way to make money. It’s a way to create, live and inspire change.

To start the process of building new habits and establishing new thinking patterns, the AmBar students started with online classes. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about yourself, find new connections, get to know your friends better, understand how to build strong teams. We love to create with our friends, knowing how to identify talents in individuals around us is an important skill. The good news is that it can be learned, especially if it’s taught by the best. 

Leadership and Mindset development Camp in Tahoe

Rock climbing for the first time, experiencing winter with its first snow in “sunny” California, hiking in Sierra Mountains and being enamored by amazing views of Lake Tahoe, playing with a large dog, and all of it in a timespan of a weekend. Sounds like an amazing weekend, doesn’t it?

I’m scared of heights, so with rock climbing my goal was to climb the wall no higher than my own height or just a bit higher. And that, I have to tell you, ended up being not the scariest part! When you’re done, you literally had to jump down :// That felt like committing a suicide, to be honest. I was standing there for like 15 minutes to gain courage to be able to do this. But I did! Not only did I climb higher than I had in mind, I pushed myself and jumped off. I swear I was thinking of crawling down rock by rock, but it didn’t work out. The thing is, being fearfulI usually goes with “ Oh my, that probably looks so stupid..”, and adds to the emotional toll. But no one from our group judged me, they were cheering me up in a very supportive way, so I had power to try something that actually was terrifying for me. 

Physical activities such as climbing and hiking helped me to understand that a lot of thoughts are in my head, they are not real. Jumping off the 6 feet wall is pretty scary, but I did it. Why wouldn’t I be able to do something that up to this point stresses me out? Of course, I can!

Thanks to USRF and @goodlerfoundation, we made Leadership and Mindset development Camp in Tahoe! Four days with our young leaders, peacebuilding activities, workshops and amazing conversations.  This is one of our student’s day in our camp. 

Onsite camp is secon part of our Leadership and Mindset development camp

Open Letter against the war launched by Vladimir Putin against Ukraine

We, the international community of Russian-speaking professionals, are strongly against the war launched on February 24, 2022, by Vladimir Putin against Ukraine. We call for an immediate halt to hostilities and the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Ukraine.

This war cannot be justified. It is a disaster for Ukraine, Russia, and the whole world.

Silicon Valley is a melting pot of many nationalities working together. It is one of the main reasons behind its success. AmBAR is a community of Russian-speaking multinationals from Eastern Europe. Our members come together united with a common goal - to innovate, to create new products and services, and to collaborate. 

Silicon Valley Russian-speaking multinationals: let’s stay united in the face of such tragedy and take care of each other! #NoToWar!

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Tatiana Fedorova,
AmBAR, CEO

Partner Event: Gooddler Social Innovation Youth Summit→

Today’s youths are tomorrow’s executives and industry leaders. Gooddler Youth Summit 2019 teaches to use innovation and technology to tackle development challenges. Using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an entry point, the Summit aims to take up social entrepreneurship as an avenue for the driven young leaders to solve global issues.

The Gooddler Social Innovation Youth Summit inspires a new generation of technology-oriented youth to invest their entrepreneurial brainpower into solving the world’s acute humanitarian problems.

SVOD 2017 Social Impact Pitch Competition

In support of the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals #SDG, we are inviting entrepreneurs to apply for SVOD2017 Social Impact Startup Pitch competition!
We are looking for companies that are committed to impacting and aimed to change the way the social sector operates to present their ideas and business cases to a distinguished group of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, angels, industry executives, and experts.

The winners will pitch on stage at SVOD Conference for FREE.
In addition, the winners get:

- Pre-conference Pitch Training with professional coach,
- One-on-one meetings with investors
- Participation in International Pre-SVOD party
- Attendance to invitation-only VIP Reception
- Pitching on stage in front of 30+ Silicon Valley and international investors
- and much more.
www.svod.org/apply_impact_investment/

Toy Drive!!! Ready for holidays? Let's make it a time of joy for kids who need it the most.

AmBAR hosts a toy drive that provides Bay Area underprivileged children with an impressive number of gifts for the holidays. Thanks to the generosity of the community and all those who donate, year after year we are able to completely meet the needs of the participating nonprofit agencies and provide toys for thousands of local children every holiday season.

Please support Seneca Family of Agencies children this Holiday Season! 
Gifts purchased before December 4th will be delivered directly to the program site in time for Holiday distribution.

Building Blocks is a year-round early intervention preschool, kindergarten and first grade program for children ages 3-7. Most of our students come to us with severe behavioral challenges, often caused by exposure to abuse, neglect, or other environmental factors that influence their social-emotional development.

The goal of our specialized services is to address the behavioral, emotional and developmental challenges of each student in order to prepare them for a less restrictive educational setting. At the same time we provide a rich learning environment to foster pre-academic thinking and growth. All services can be offered in Spanish.

CHOOSE A TOY DRIVE: 

Job Opportunity: Sales Representative in San-Francisco/Silicon Valley and Boston Seeking a Sales Representatives in San-Francisco/Silicon Valley and Boston

Seeking a Sales Representative in San-Francisco/Silicon Valley and Boston.

SimbirSoft (http://www.simbirsoft.com/), founded in 2001, is a global company that delivers custom software development and testing services for companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan. We establish remote R&D centers, forming teams of engineers to accomplish effective software development, from preliminary research to implementation and support. Simbirsoft is growing 30% per year, and our highly-talented teams are truly dedicated to solving our clients' business needs. We are looking for an ambitious sales representative to join our SimbirSoft team of 270 strong professionals.

Requirements:
- Experience selling IT services or b2b technology services
- Experience carrying out the full sales cycle, from lead generation to contract negotiation
 - IT experience
- Ability to work on a multinational/international team
- Ability to travel
- Work full time.

Compensation:
We offer a combination of base salary and commission, with a substantial earning potential. Base salary is negotiated individually with a successful applicant.  .

Contact:  info@simbirsoft.com  

What an entrepreneur learned after 5 years of being a VC

Kirill Sheynkman is the Managing Director of RTP Ventures. Kirill is focused on developing all aspects of the firm's investment strategy in the United States, building the firm's investment team, and creating a portfolio of Cloud, SaaS, Big Data, and Enterprise Infrastructure companies.

Kirill, is a 25-year software industry veteran, who has spent 10 of those years as a CEO of software startups. He is a three-time founder of venture-backed enterprise software companies, including an early relational OLAP vendor acquired by IBM in 1995 and Plumtree Software (NASDAQ: PLUM), the creator of the corporate portal market, acquired by BEA/Oracle in 2005. Kirill's companies were twice backed by Sequoia Capital where he was also an Entrepreneur in Residence. Kirill also held sales, product management, and business development positions at Oracle and Microsoft.

Kirill holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley.

A Presentation:

What an entrepreneur learned after five years inside venture capital

How to Sell Technology - Foundational Approach

Paul Asoyan (Google) about How to Sell Technology - Foundational Approach

When: Thursday, April 28, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)

Register: http://howtoselltech.eventbrite.com/

Workshop: Fundamentals of (Enterprise) Sales - from Lead to Close to Account Management / Paul Asoyan (Google).

Methodologies and best practices that move sales through its lifecycle and an in-depth dive into sales channels (direct and partnerships). Learn how to prospect, qualify, negotiate, close and grow accounts. This is the contrarian corporate sales program you have never taken, but always wanted to.

What makes a great sales person? What does an ideal cold email look like? What is the difference between a lead and an opportunity? What are the criteria for qualifying in or out? How do you keep moving a deal through its natural stages? How to make the seller-buyer paradigm work for you? How to sell: direct v. through partners? What engineers need to understand about sales?

Paul Asoyan has spent his career in sales: went from retail sales to account management to small and medium business to enterprise sales to partnerships. Paul has been with Google for the last 8 years and has trained fellow Googlers, as well as Google partners, in sales fundamentals. He is currently managing Google Cloud Platform partnerships and he promises to make this as educational as it will be entertaining. Be there and bring questions!

Register: http://howtoselltech.eventbrite.com/

Pavel Asoyan about Internet of Things (IoT) and Google

There is the potential for 50 billion connected devices by 2020. When it comes to building up clout in an emerging industry, Google pulls out all the stops. And doing that usually involves spending lots of money. Google is making major investments right now, building up an innovation and research program dedicated to the nascent collection of products and technologies collectively known as the Internet of Things (IoT).

Meet Paul Asoyan, Strategic Partner Manager, Google. Topic: Internet of Things (IoT). There is the potential for 50 billion connected devices by 2020. When it comes to building up clout in an emerging industry, Google pulls out all the stops. And doing that usually involves spending lots of money.