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Illustration for news: ‘When You Create a Startup, Your Main Motivation is Freedom from Corporate Slavery’

‘When You Create a Startup, Your Main Motivation is Freedom from Corporate Slavery’

As reported in Forbes, DeckRobot attracted $1.5 million in seed round investments this fall. Solo founder of the project and HSE graduate Anton Urbanas, aka Tony Urban, promises to simplify life for office workers by automating PowerPoint: now AI will create the slides. In this interview with Success Builder, Mr Urbanas explained why mathematicians are in demand in the U.S. right now, what could save office staff from sleepless nights with PowerPoint, how a startup can survive ‘imposter syndrome,’ whether it is easy to be a solo founder and how to start converting ideas into money.

Illustration for news: ‘This Sport Teaches You to Keep Going Despite Pain, Rain, and Icy Gusts of Wind in Your Face’

‘This Sport Teaches You to Keep Going Despite Pain, Rain, and Icy Gusts of Wind in Your Face’

In early September, the HSE Rowing Club won silver medals of the international Golden Blades Regatta. HSE alumnus and HSE Rowing Club founder Anton Koshelev (’20, Faculty of World Economy and World Politics), who is now a Master’s student at the University of Munich, told the HSE News Service about the team’s creation, his hectic student-athlete schedule, and his dream of competing against Cambridge.

Illustration for news: Investors Have Bet Big That You Can Get Private Equity Returns in the Public Markets. A New Study Says Otherwise.

Investors Have Bet Big That You Can Get Private Equity Returns in the Public Markets. A New Study Says Otherwise.

Equity investors are increasingly seeking to deliver private-equity-like returns in the public markets, but it may not be possible to replicate some of the drivers of leveraged buyout performance outside of private equity, according to the study, by PhD candidate Alexander Belyakov, HSE/NES Programme in Economics 2016 alum.

Illustration for news: Four Campuses and One Long-Awaited Headliner: HSE University-Wide Graduation to Be Held on July 3

Four Campuses and One Long-Awaited Headliner: HSE University-Wide Graduation to Be Held on July 3

This year for the first time in HSE history, the graduation ceremony will take place at one time for all four HSE campuses. Almost 11,000 students from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Perm will gather online to bid the university farewell and celebrate the next chapter in their lives.

Illustration for news: Congratulations to students and alumni on being accepted to the top ranked universities' graduate programs!

Congratulations to students and alumni on being accepted to the top ranked universities' graduate programs!

The Faculty of Economic Sciences congratulates students and graduates on entering the most prestigious programs of globally leading universities

«We created the “Uber” of home remodeling»

Yury Goldberg graduated from the Faculty of Economics with a bachelor’s degree in 2004, and with a master’s in 2006. He co-founded the Quadro investment company and founded the NSKA and NSKA Novostroika companies as well. In 2016, the two men opened Rewedo and in 2018, Rerooms. 

Illustration for news: Golden HSE Winners Awarded on HSE’s 27th Anniversary

Golden HSE Winners Awarded on HSE’s 27th Anniversary

On November 27, the HSE University held its 18th annual Golden HSE Award Ceremony in honour of colleagues who have demonstrated excellence in research or have contributed in a meaningful way to the HSE community. The special occasion coincided with the university’s 27th anniversary.

Illustration for news: HSE Congratulates PhD Recipients in 13 Disciplines

HSE Congratulates PhD Recipients in 13 Disciplines

Of the original 300 students enrolled in doctoral programmes set to graduate this year, only 126 reached the final stage of the process—the dissertation defence. While congratulating the recent class of graduates, HSE Vice Rector Vyacheslav Bashev noted that such a large attrition rate testifies to the seriousness of those who have made it to graduation. ‘Though many of you work, you continue to invest in yourselves intellectually,’ he said.

Illustration for news: Students of the Faculty of Economic Sciences Meet Minister of Economic Development

Students of the Faculty of Economic Sciences Meet Minister of Economic Development

Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, who earned his Bachelor’s in economics in 2002 and his Master’s in economics in 2004 from HSE University, spoke to students of the Faculty of Economic Sciences about economic growth in Russia and what he learned at HSE University.

Illustration for news: Congratulations to students and alumni on being accepted to the top ranked Ph.D.programs!

Congratulations to students and alumni on being accepted to the top ranked Ph.D.programs!

This year, 14 students and graduates of HSE's Faculty of Economic Sciences were admitted to PhD programmes at leading universities in the U.S. and Europe. Ten of them are undergraduates: