Vyacheslav W. Polonski
LSE BSc Management, Class of 2012; Winner of The Future Business Leader of the Year Award; Member of 2012 Cohort at Entrepreneur First
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://www2.thegatewayonline.com/issues/45/49 |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Editing, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Fiction, French, German, Graphic design, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Russian, Sales, Writing |
| Location: | London |
| Groups: | Intel Challenge EU, Intel EU 3, Pitch It! |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Internships, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company |
| Schools: | London School of Economics and Political Science, Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU), University of Oxford, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
FEATURED STARTUP
RoboPitch
RoboPitch
RoboPitch is a guitar tuner that automatically tunes any type of guitar and provides several functions to assist beginners while practising. This unique technological invention has great potential to revolutionize the guitar tuner industry!
- Startup type: Competition Entry
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Entrepreneur First |
| Position: | Member of the 2012 Cohort |
| Time period: | February 2012 - Present |
| Employer: | Hello Fresh / Rocket Internet GmbH |
| Position: | Business Development Manager |
| Time period: | December 2011 - May 2012 |
| Employer: | PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) |
| Position: | Intern in M&A and Private Equity Advisory |
| Time period: | July 2011 - September 2011 |
| Employer: | World Economic Forum |
| Position: | Intern at Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship |
| Time period: | August 2010 - September 2010 |
| Employer: | arvato services / Bertelsmann AG |
| Position: | Intern in Corporate & Business Development |
| Time period: | July 2010 - August 2010 |
| Employer: | LSE Strategy & Management Consulting Conference |
| Position: | Founder & President |
| Time period: | February 2010 - November 2011 |
| Employer: | International Mathematical Olympiad |
| Position: | Team Guide |
| Time period: | July 2009 - July 2009 |
| Employer: | Amazon.com Inc. |
| Position: | Junior Editor of the book “Barack Obama – Inspire a Nation” |
| Time period: | March 2009 - May 2009 |
| Employer: | Volksbank |
| Position: | Intern in Retail Banking |
| Time period: | June 2008 - June 2008 |
| Employer: | [designbüro] GmbH / Volt Communications |
| Position: | Intern in Marketing |
| Time period: | January 2006 - February 2006 |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 2012 - 2013 |
| Degree: | Social Science of the Internet, MSc |
| University: | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Time period: | 2009 - 2012 |
| Degree: | Management, BSc |
| University: | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Junior academic studies in Business and Economics |
| University: | Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU) |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Summer School in Entrepreneurship |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS, Rationale Journal, LSEsu Economics Society, 2010 |
| Books: | BARACK OBAMA: INSPIRE A NATION, Junior Editor at Amazon.com, 2009 |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Art, Graphic-Design, Guitar, Philsophy, Drama |
| Clubs: | Club der Ehemaligen der Deutschen Schülerakademien (CdE e.V.), LSEsu Consultancy Society, LSEsu Finance Society, LSEsu Business Society, AIESEC |
| Memberships: | McKinsey & Company Firsthand Fellow, MLP Join-the-Best Talent Network, Bertelsmann / arvato Talent-Pool, Student Initiative Fellow, Fachverband Philosophie e.V, World Economics Association, BCG EMERALDS Fellow, Ivy City Network |
| Awards: | Winner of the Future Business Leader of the Year Award (Undergraduate of the Year 2012 Awards by TARGETjobs and Mars UK), 2012
International Student of the Year Runner-up (British Council Shine! 2011 Awards), 2011 National Champion (Netherlands), Vice-Champion (Western Europe) in Bearing Point Be-Project Start-Up Competition, 2011 Vice-Champion (United Kingdom) at the LSE Pitch it! Business Plan Competition & Winner of People's Choice Award, 2011 Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - Scholarship, 2010 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung - Scholarship, 2009 E-Fellows.net - Scholarship, 2009 National Champion of the Competition "Philosophical Essay", 2009 Winner of the National Poetry Competition of the “Library of German poetry”, 2009 Winner of the Econometric Competition "Econ Boot Camp", 2008 Recommended Candidate of the 18th BISMUN’08 in Bath, 2008 Highly Recommended Delegation and Candidate of the Eton College MUN’07, 2007 |
Vyacheslav W.'s Startups (3)
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RoboPitch
RoboPitch is a guitar tuner that automatically tunes any type of guitar and provides several functions to assist beginners while practising. This unique technological invention has great potential to revolutionize the guitar tuner industry.
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RoboPitch
RoboPitch is a guitar tuner that automatically tunes any type of guitar and provides several functions to assist beginners while practising. This unique technological invention has great potential to revolutionize the guitar tuner industry!
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LSE Strategy & Management Consulting Conference
Founded in 2010, the LSE Strategy & Management Consulting Conference became the largest and foremost consulting focused student-run event in Europe, providing a unique collaborative platform for students, academics and professionals.
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Moneythink
Moneythink tutors high school students on smart financial decision-making through mentorship by talented college students.
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Brave New Talent
BraveNewTalent.com is the worlds first pre-employment networking site. Its a new way of connecting talent to employers through the use of social networks. We are turning the recruitment model on its head by putting the talent in control.
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
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