A group of entrepreneurs
speak to the BBC about
the challenges of running
start-ups during a war
Ukraine, war trying to run startups in a conflict by James Clayton, North America, technology reporter Leah Bomer Deacon says, 95% of his Workforce have gone to fight. He is the Chief Executive Officer of GMAC, a Ukrainian based home security company. His idea is similar to Amazon Rings, home security system. But on steroids, his company has designed, what looks like a small black box fitted with. The camera. If it detects an intruder, it can fire out tear gas to put camera. If it detects an intruder, it can fire out tear gas to put rice, Logan. However, the war has created a huge problem for him.
The workforce he had has been decimated, we have lost five people, he says, holding back tears, trying to create a successful startup at the best of times is a huge challenge, but doing so at a time of War, Is punishingly difficult bombing the targeting of infrastructure and blackouts are just a few of the challenges of working in Ukraine right now and yet a delegation of Ukrainian startups have made the long journey to Las Vegas to the world's biggest Tech gathering for them. CES the Consumer. Electronics Show is a huge opportunity to meet Western investors. Just getting to the show has been tough.
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