Yandex Segalovich shares the story of Yandex’ history and growth at Seedcamp Week 2011.

Watch this video for some great insights on how Yandex went from a small research company to one of the main players worldwide, and the market leader in search and other services in Russia.

We thank Ilya for sharing his thoughts, and the Tech City Investment Organisation for making the production of the videos possible.

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A startup’s management team is its lifeblood… no amount of awesome ideas will ever overcome a fundamentally flawed management team. In the early stages of any startup, it is all about the people. But what makes up a good team? How do you know if you have a good team, if you are a good team member, and if an investor will perceive you the way you perceive yourself?

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An overview of Day 4 of Seedcamp Week 2011 – Thursday, the 8th of September, at Imperial College, London.

2011 marked our first edition of a large Demo Day during Seedcamp Week. The teams presented their businesses and progress to a wide audience of Europe’s technology investors, tech entrepreneurs, and corporates.

A big Thank You to the Tech City Investment Organisation for being a business partner for this year’s Seedcamp Week. Seedcamp Week 2011 was kindly sponsored by Qualcomm.

An overview of Day 3 of Seedcamp Week 2011 – Wednesday, the 7th of September, at Imperial College, London.

Wednesday is “Growth Day” at Seedcamp Week and invites the best venture and angel investors, M&A veterans, corporate mentors from biz and corp dev positions, and serial entrepreneurs. This is a summary of the day.

A big Thank You to the Tech City Investment Organisation for being a business partner for this year’s Seedcamp Week. Seedcamp Week 2011 was kindly sponsored by Qualcomm.

An overview of Day 2 of Seedcamp Week 2011 – Tuesday, the 6th of September, at Imperial College, London.

Tuesday is “Produt Day” at Seedcamp Week, where the companies meet the experts on wide reaching products, improving the offering of their companies, and building a large user base. After mentoring sessions, Mike Shaver of Mozilla shared his experiences of leading dispersed teams, and David Noël from SoundCloud talked about Community Management. We rounded the day off with a workshop session on customer experience. This is a summary of the day.

A big Thank You to the Tech City Investment Organisation for being a business partner for this year’s Seedcamp Week. Seedcamp Week 2011 was kindly sponsored by Qualcomm.

An overview of Day 1 of Seedcamp Week 2011 – Monday, the 5th of September, at Imperial College, London.

Seedcamp Week got kicked off with Entrepreneurs’ day – giving the Seedcamp companies of 2011 the chance to meet the best Entrepreneurs from Europe and beyond to learn about their experiences and backgrounds. This is a summary of the day.

A big Thank You to the Tech City Investment Organisation for being a business partner for this year’s Seedcamp Week. Seedcamp Week 2011 was kindly sponsored by Qualcomm.