Visabot CEO Gives Advice on How to Become Millionaire

CC0 / / Money
Money - Sputnik International
Subscribe
The 7th International Forum “Open Innovations” is underway in Moscow. This year’s event focuses on the issues arising from the spread of digital technologies and the impact they have on our lives. Radio Sputnik talked to Artem Goldman, CEO, Crycash, founder, Visabot, Forbes 30 Under 30 Law and Policy 2017.

Sputnik: How to become a millionaire? Tell me your secret.

Artem Goldman: So, basically, let me clarify first. This list of Forbes is not for billionaires. It's for the impact that you make in your field. So, I think the minimum requirement for those lists was the evaluation of the company, in which we have nine million dollars at that moment. So, just answering your question, we are not like a very big company. I don't know, basically you just need to work. That's it. That's the secret. You go and work. I believe my first million dollar deal I did before the start-up, so it's not my first company.

Sputnik: If I have an idea for a start-up, what key points should I take into account?

Artem Goldman: Again, you just need to basically take some steps, some actions, because I see a lot of start-ups. When they have an idea, they start to pitch, to make a presentation, a website. They go to different conferences instead of actually building the product and then finding the customers. So, first thing you need to do, you need to build a prototype and try to sell it to the customer, because you need to make something people want. If you build something nobody wants, it can't be successful.

READ MORE: Japanese Start-Up Sells Young Ladies' Armpits as Ad Space

Sputnik: What makes a product successful on the international market or just generally successful?

Artem Goldman: It depends. Usually, customers. If you have a product that international customers will use, then it's a successful product.

Sputnik: If I have a small sum of money to invest, but want to have a good report, what communication strategy should I choose when entering the market?

Aurea Vasquez Rijos' trial for her alleged involvement in her husband's 2005 murder is expected to begin on Tuesday. She is pictured above after she was extradited to Puerto Rico in 2015 - Sputnik International
Ex-Beauty Queen on Trial for Hiring Assailant to Kill Millionaire Husband
Artem Goldman: Well, that's a difficult question, because it depends on your business. If it's a software business, you have a lot of forums and websites, where you can post about your software and you can find your customers. For instance, we were posting about Visabot on immigration groups on Facebook. There are a lot of immigration groups and we get a lot of free customers there, because people were looking for the solution that we came up with and we basically gave it to them. So, you just go where your customers are and you can find your customers online, or offline, it's up to you. There are a lot of free ways of finding your customers. So, I would do this first for sure.

READ MORE: Finnish Businessman Heaps Praise on Skolkovo Start-Up at SPIEF-2018

Sputnik: Your business relies on the automation process. What are its advantages?

Artem Goldman: Well, the main advantage is that we don't need to have a lot of employees. If you compare Visabot Green Card service with a law firm, where you have at least 5 people that you need to pay salaries and in San Francisco it's very high salaries, so you pay like 10,000 per month per 5 people. So, it's at least $50,000 a month. At the beginning we had two employees and we just paid an immigration lawyer once. So, we almost had no expenses when people were using our product. So, that makes it successful, because they pay us $150 per use and we don't have any other expenses.

Sputnik: My last question is: what problems could large companies and corporations face in the field of innovative development?

Artem Goldman: A lot of problems! I don't know actually. I've never been on their side. However, from what I see, it's really difficult to build something innovative inside a big corporation. So, I think it's easier for them to buy start-ups and they do it pretty well. I think, that's the right way to grow, because otherwise growing something inside is too long and complicated; the old bureaucratic way. I don't really believe in all these innovations inside the company. It's rarely successful.

The views expressed in this article are those of the speaker, and do not necessarily reflect those of Sputnik.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала