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How to attract $ 250 thousand in investments for your business only a year and half after university

Inspired by the experience of the Indian budget hotel chain OYO Rooms, alumni of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM) Emil Urmanshin, Feiruz Rahimov, Robert Sargsyan and Ruslan Fakhrutdinov launched a travel tech startup - Roomp hotel chain. In December 2017, the team attracted investments worth $ 250 thousand. Ksenia Karpova talked with them and found out what Roomp was all about, how to build a dream team and what to do to impress investors.

27Sep

Semester abroad in Seul: shy Koreans and time management

During her first year on master program at GSOM SPbU Maria Bazarnova went to study at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Here is her story about living in Seoul.

14Sep

Semester abroad in Ljubljana: feel sLOVEnia

During spring semester 2018 GSOM Master student Vladislav Olifirenko was studying at University of Ljubljana. Here are his advices where to live, which app to use to find fine food and what is the best way to travel.

31Aug

Semester abroad in Vienna: coffee houses and library like a spaceship

GSOM SPbU graduate Tatiana Shulika went on exchange to Vienna University of economics and business (WU) and spent the fall semester of 2017 in Austria. Here is her story

22Aug

Semester abroad in Dublin: sarcastic people and ancient campus

GSOM student Anastasia Besova spent fall semester of 2017 in Trinity college, one of the oldest educational institutions in Ireland. How to get visa? Where to live? What to do in Dublin? Here is Anastasia’s advice for those who are going to Ireland.

17Aug

Semester abroad in Lisbon: surfing and a job offer

GSOM graduate Nikita Elizarov spent fall semester of 2017 in NOVA School of Business and Economics in Lisbon.

10Aug

Semester in Caen (France): Bureaucracy and slow rhythm of studying

In 2017 GSOM student Uliana Poiarkova went on exchange to L'Ecole de Management de Normandie (EM) where she spent fall semester.

02Aug

Semester abroad in Bergen (Norway): IKEA and carbon paper on exams

In 2017 GSOM student Maria Cherepanova spent fall semester in Bergen in Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

26Jul

Semester abroad in São Paulo: Brazilian parties and mini football in campus

In 2017 GSOM graduate Daria Blokhina spent fall semester in São Paulo Business School (Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, EAESP). Here is her advice what to eat in Brazil, how to find accommodation and where to party.

20Jul