Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur. Maelle Gavet amazecountryentrepreneur Change image and share on social
Money, while clearly helpful in solving myriad problems, can often conceal a business's real flaws. It can also risk rigidifying a company's business model at the very moment it should be in 'customer discovery' mode or iterating around market opportunities. Maelle Gavet businesscompanyconceal share on social
Competition is good because we need to educate customers, and Ozon.ru itself will not be able to do it. Maelle Gavet competitioncustomereducate Change image and share on social
At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral. Maelle Gavet basebenchmarkevaluate Change image and share on social
Russians are not a very friendly people. It's hard to get them to speak nicely to the customers. It's just not in their culture. Maelle Gavet culturecustomerfriendly Change image and share on social
The biggest deficit in terms of gender equality at Ozon lay in our IT department. So we made a decision, along with our key IT leaders, to remove all filters and systemically interview all the women who apply. Maelle Gavet applybigdecision share on social
The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products. Maelle Gavet businesscompanyforce share on social
Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job. Maelle Gavet askbcgcareer share on social
The general message would be to say to all these young people: If you have entrepreneurial aspirations, there is money, there are consumers, there is a huge market. The only thing you need to do is to go there and start doing things. Maelle Gavet aspirationconsumerentrepreneurial share on social
Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest. Maelle Gavet callfactfinally Change image and share on social