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Studying in Chile and traveling around South America in an interview with Denis Lapshin

Denis Lapshin, an alumnus of the Master in Management program in 2020, a member of the CEMS program, during his studies, attended an exchange at the University of Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, the capital of Chile. In the interview, he talked about life in Chile, the university and its infrastructure and gave some advice to students who are just going for an exchange.

22Jun

“GSOM provides system knowledge and thinking”: interview with Andrey Safelkin, an alumnus EMBA 2014

Andrey Safelkin, Development Director of STD "Petrovich", an alumnus of the 2014 EMBA program. We discussed with him education at GSOM, business development in times of crisis, and found out what knowledge was useful in everyday work.

16Jun

Profession of Product Manager: 5 Questions for GSOM alumni-practitioners

Until recently, the profession of a product manager (PM) was not at all known in the business world, but today this position exists in most successful companies. At the same time, the responsibilities of individual employees may still vary depending on the company.

15Jun

“At GSOM, you can find an incredibly competitive environment that is very motivating and inspiring,”. Anastasia Seliverstova spoke about winning the Innosocium competition for social projects

Anastasia Seliverstova, second-year student of the MiM master's program at the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg University (GSOM), won the “Territory Development” nomination in the All-Russian Innosocium competition for social projects. Anastasia’s project “Listen to the city” is a mobile application with documentary audio expedition to Russian science cities. Finalists of the competition receive 500 thousand rubles for the implementation of their ideas. We talked with Anastasia about the project, its target audience and the problems that it can solve.

29May

Vladimir Belopolsky and Daniil Kobzev, GSOM alumni told about the SpeakerGuru project and the role of GSOM in it

Vladimir Belopolsky and Daniil Kobzev graduated from GSOM Executive MBA program in 2017. They created a SpeakerGuru employee development platform that combines traditional online learning formats with practicing virtual reality skills.

28May

Dmitry Nikitin spoke about how the Via.delivery startup has worked during the pandemic, studies at the GSOM on master programs and Executive MBA

Dmitry Nikitin is an alumnus of the Master's program of 2011 and EMBA of 2016. In 2012, he founded the logistics company A-Motion Logistics Solutions. In 2015, he created a project for the delivery of ready-made sets of products with recipes “Korzina na dom”. In 2019, thanks to a partnership with Vkusvill to deliver such grocery sets to chain stores, he developed the Via.Delivery B2B platform idea.

08May

WITHOUT A PANIC. HOW TO maintain YOUR energy IN turbulent times?

How to save your psychological stability in an alarming time? We spoke with Oksana A. Pikuleva, Doctor of Psychology, Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg University.

28Apr

“Once inside the School, you become a member of the family that will always support and guide you”: an interview with Anna Pushkova, an alumna of MiM CEMS 2019

We continue to find out from the GSOM alumni what they were taught at GSOM, what path they have chosen for professional development, and what advice they can give to future and current GSOM students

21Apr

“A huge heritage of new culture and energy for creativity”: an exchange semester in Rio de Janeiro

Despite the current situation with the closure of countries and cities, we hope that the quarantine will not last long, and GSOM students will be able to go for exchange in the fall of 2020 and spring of 2021 to the School's partner universities

20Apr

Daniil Smelkov told about on volunteering, education at GSOM SPbU, leadership program and work at Bacardí

Every complexity today can turn into an opportunity tomorrow, if you add a little optimism, desire and action. Even when the world is “paused,” we can be inspired and inspire. GSOM SPbU alumni do not stop proving that borders exist only in our heads.

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