8 May 2026
The Odesa IT Family team attended an event organized by the Odesa Regional Development Agency.

Thank you for a meaningful and practical discussion — exactly the kind of format where theory immediately connects with real business challenges.

A few practical insights we took away:

— Export contracts matter not only legally, but strategically
— Counterparty verification is now basic business hygiene, including AI-assisted analysis

— “Too good to be true” conditions without prepayment
often signal risk rather than opportunity

— Insurance costs are heavily geography-dependent:
EU markets usually mean minimal rates, while other regions can be significantly more expensive

— AI:
quality of data = quality of results
chaos in → chaos out

— Business solutions:
custom-built tools can sometimes be more effective and cost-efficient than ready-made boxed products

We also regret not being able to attend all sessions — especially those by Oleksii Shyshliannikov and Andrii Salamatov.

But perhaps the main conclusion that echoed both on stage and in conversations behind the scenes was this:

Today, the ability to make decisions under uncertainty is no longer just a soft skill — it is a core business competency.

Thank you for the valuable dialogue and the space for experience sharing.

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