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Why UNRISE
UNRISE — we care about your project as if it were our own. Let us briefly tell you about who we are and how we work. We operate like a boutique hotel — the kind of place a business looks for when it wants something both cozy and premium, where everything is thoughtfully prepared in...
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Grants – to take or not to take?
Key Components of Successful Fundraising for Business. In today’s business environment, grants are a powerful tool for company growth, yet they also come with certain risks. To better understand this topic, the Rise Club business community organized an open meeting with Iryna Palko, founder and CEO of UNRISE global grants and corporate finance. Why would...
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Forbes Ukraine Annual Award 2024: How Ukrainian Entrepreneurs Are Changing the World
A closed ceremony for the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award by Forbes Ukraine was recently held in Kyiv. The best entrepreneurs of 2024, according to Forbes Ukraine, were Lev Zhidenko and Taras Panasenko from “Avrora Multimarket”, a retail chain with over 1,480 stores and an annual turnover exceeding 26.9 billion UAH. This is truly the...
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Iryna Palko’s speech at NEW FOOD SUMMIT 2024
Growing Today Without Waiting for Better Times — this was the central theme of NEW FOOD SUMMIT 2024, held on October 15–16, 2024, in Kyiv. This annual event highlights the technologies, people, and businesses that are transforming the food market. Participants shared their experiences and lessons learned while operating during the war, as well as...
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EVERY CRISIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
How can Ukrainian businesses not only “stay afloat” during the storm but also grow and scale in these challenging times? What should a company or project look like for a donor or investor to want to fund it? And why is now the perfect moment for women’s entrepreneurship? “The most important thing is the quality...
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Award from The Aspen Institute Kyiv
Congratulations to UNRISE CEO Iryna Palko on receiving an award from The Aspen Institute Kyiv. We are proud of all that Iryna is doing to promote the development of the leadership movement in Ukraine and beyond, in the spirit of Synergy and Community Action. The legend of the marathon reminds us that achieving goals requires...
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