Oleg Bolshakov

A new chapter for cashback in Poland 💻 goodie and #BLIK are joining forces to launch the country’s first multi-bank cashback platform. What does this mean? Shoppers will gain seamless access to attractive cashback offers, while banks and merchants are going to benefit from a powerful tool to manage promotions effectively. This partnership combines the strengths of both organizations: Goodie will handle order processing, platform development, analytics, and cashback mechanisms, while BLIK will enable service implementation and program communication across banks which will decide to offer this cashback programme to their clients. The official launch of the platform is scheduled for next year. #cashback #payments #banking #innovation

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🚨 A new marketplace just dropped (and no, it's not from Amazon, Shein, or TikTok) Allegro just launched business.allegro.pl, their brand-new B2B marketplace. Yes, it’s live today. They didn’t just add a B2B filter. They created a full-on second Allegro. 👛 allegro.pl → for everyday consumers 🏢 business.allegro.pl → for serious B2B buyers And this new B2B site actually makes sense: 🧾 Invoices required 📊 Net prices shown first 📉 Quantity-based pricing supported 🔍 VAT numbers verified monthly via VIES 🪞 Your B2C offers are automatically mirrored if they qualify While others are playing around with AI homepages and fancy logos, Allegro just gave sellers an extra storefront. No drama. No beta invite. No extra listings. And honestly? They just leapfrogged Amazon Business in Europe. Amazon’s been B2B-ish since 2016 Allegro just quietly made it functional overnight If you're selling in Poland or CEE, here’s what to check: 🧠 Is your VAT setup correct and visible? 📦 Are your offers invoice-ready? 📈 Do you offer volume discounts for business buyers? 🔗 Is your integration syncing correctly with business.allegro.pl? This isn’t just another Allegro update. It’s a second Allegro. And it's already live. #Allegro #Marketplaces #B2B #Ecommerce #MarketplaceStrategy #ChannelEngine #CrossBorderSales #Poland #OnlineSelling #GrowthMoves

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In 2020, a well-respected Polish engineer approached me with a problem that changed my career trajectory. Jakub Wojciechowski had been building at a New York hackathon. His product needed specific oracle data that simply didn't exist. The infrastructure gap was blocking him from launching. Most people would have pivoted or given up. Instead, we followed the problem. Poland's blockchain ecosystem was tiny then—maybe 50-100 serious builders total. But small ecosystems have advantages: problems spread fast, and solutions do too. Jakub saw what was coming: DeFi would explode beyond Ethereum. Dozens of chains would need oracle infrastructure. The monolithic approach wouldn't scale. That hackathon blocker became our RedStone Oracles thesis. Five years later: -Top 3 oracle provider globally -Supporting 110+ chains -Serving everyone from major banks to DeFi protocols -Recently solved a $500M value leakage problem affecting the entire industry The lesson isn't about oracles or crypto specifically. It's about following problems to their logical conclusion. When builders hit real infrastructure gaps, that's usually where the biggest opportunities hide. Don't just solve your immediate problem. Ask: "What does this tell us about where the entire system is heading?" Sometimes the thing blocking your hackathon project is actually the foundation of your next decade.

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🪑🧩🦾 REKLAMA NA IKEU NA JEDEN AI PROMPT …kolko mohla este pred par rokmi stat takato video reklama? Dnes ju AI zvladne na jeden strukturovany prompt v Google Veo 3. Cely prompt mas nizsie. 🔥 Jeden strukturovany prompt. AI zvladne zvysok. Google Veo 3 dokaze stale iba 8 sekundove videa. Vies si predstavit co dokaze vytvorit ked Google spristupni za nejaku specialnu sadzbu 990e/mesiac napr. tvorbu minutovych videi? Polhodinovych? Hodinovych? Toto video a prompt nizsie je brutalna ukazka co znamena STRUKTUROVANY VSTUP. Ziadne jednovetove blbosti. V podstate jednoducho napisany zdrojovy kod zadania (promptu). 👁️ Reklama sa zmeni. Marketing sa zmeni. Vsetko sa zmeni. Len si to stale tak nejak odmietame pripustit. Porozumiet tejto zmene ti da konkurencnu vyhodu. 👉 Nemusis vediet pisat prompty. 👉 Nemusis vediet tvorit magicke vystupy. 👉 Nemusis obsiahnut dynamiku zmeny marketingu pod vplyvom AI. Potrebujes sa iba na komunikaciu svojho biznisu pozerat strategicky. Vediet kedy a ako to cele uchopit, zaclenit do marketingu, vyuzit pre svoj progres. 🧩 Toto robime my pre nasich klientov. Vidime dalej. Hladame moznosti ako AI a jej moznosti vyuzit v prospech klienta. Tak aby to davalo zmysel a fungovalo. Takto vyzera AI prompt pre toto video: metadata: prompt_name: "IKEA Empty Room Assembly" base_style: "cinematic, photorealistic, 4K" aspect_ratio: "16:9" room_description: "An empty, large, sunlit Scandinavian room with white walls and light wood floors." camera_setup: "A single, fixed, wide-angle shot. The camera does not move for the entire 8-second duration." key_elements: - "A sealed IKEA box with logo visible" assembled_elements: - "bed with white duvet" - "yellow IKEA throw blanket" - "bedside tables" - "lamps" - "wardrobe" - "shelves" - "mirror" - "art" - "rug" - "curtains" - "potted plants" negative_prompts: ["no people", "no text overlays", "no distracting music"] timeline: - sequence: 1 timestamp: "00:00-00:01" action: "In the center of the otherwise empty room, a sealed IKEA box sits on the floor and begins to tremble gently." audio: "Low, subtle rumbling sound. The echo of a large, empty room." - sequence: 2 timestamp: "00:01-00:02" action: "The box seams burst open with a puff of cardboard dust." audio: "A sharp 'POP' sound, followed by tearing cardboard." - sequence: 3 timestamp: "00:02-00:06" action: "Hyper-lapse: From the fixed wide perspective, furniture pieces fly out of the box and assemble themselves, creating all the items from the 'assembled_elements' list." audio: "A cascade of satisfying, fast-paced ASMR sounds: whirring, clicking, wood snapping into place." - sequence: 4 timestamp: "00:06-00:08" action: "The final piece—the yellow throw blanket—gracefully lands on the newly formed bed. The room is now perfectly furnished and serene. All motion ceases." audio: "All chaotic sounds stop. A single, soft 'fwoomp' as the blanket lands. The sound of a furnished, quiet room."

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🇨🇿🚀 NEW REPORT: Prague is rising as a European tech powerhouse, with Enterprise Value having grown 8x since 2019. Prague’s tech ecosystem has reached a value of €19.2B - a figure that represents 83% of Czechia’s total startup enterprise value - from Dealroom’s latest report, released today, in partnership with Pražský inovační institut. Prague has cemented its place among Central and Eastern Europe’s leading innovation hubs — driven by strong talent, record VC activity, and a maturing startup ecosystem. 📊 Key insights: 🦄 5 unicorns (JetBrains, Productboard, Rohlik Group, Mews & Ataccama) and 300+ VC-backed startups building the next generation of tech leaders. 🌍 Prague is the 3rd largest CEE hub by enterprise value, following Kyiv and Tallinn  💸 €2.5B raised since 2019, the second highest in the region. ⚙️ Top sectors: Enterprise Software, Fintech, AI, Deep Tech, and Life Sciences. 🤖 AI startups represent 23% of Prague’s total enterprise value and 32% of VC funding since 2019. 🧪 Deep Tech & Life Sciences worth over €1.8B with €230M raised since 2019. 🎓 Local universities are fuelling innovation with 370+ alumni-founded startups, creating a self-sustaining pipeline of talent. Prague is no longer just a beautiful European capital — it’s a hotbed for innovation, homegrown talent, and global ambition. Tomas Lapacek, Pavel Chmátal Martin Kubeš David Frič Ministry of Education, Prague, Czech Republic Aliaksei Vincho

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#AI in corporate board rooms I prepared an article for Forbes Ukraine about the role of AI in corporate board rooms. The article starts by examining one fascinating experiment, when the president of a tech company created a virtual board of directors for himself featuring AI-generated personas of iconic figures like Mandela, Musk, and Steve Jobs - all for the cost of a ChatGPT subscription. This "MVP Board" provides 24/7 strategic guidance across key leadership areas. Interestingly, despite the massive popularity of AI, most board directors use AI only for personal use, and few leverage it professionally for board preparations. Even fewer use AI in the board room as "observers" or actual "virtual board members". In the article I analyze several studies from INSEAD, HBR, Deloitte and others, which cover practical implementation strategies for bringing AI to the board room - from individual director augmentation and board assistance to collective AI integration in board work. The key insight: AI shouldn't replace human boards but augment them, combining reliable human judgment with AI's breadth and analytical precision. As corporate complexity grows, boards must use newly available technologies to improve their decision making practices - this is their fiduciary obligation. Any comments are welcome. https://lnkd.in/eZrz4N8N

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For decades, the industry has been talking about moving from “selling people” to solving problems - and only now we are really starting to see it in action. A very precise point from Dmitry Karpovich (Oxagile).⁣ ⁣ This Saturday in Warsaw, the BelTech conference, organized by Beltech - Belarusian Business in Poland and Europe, took place. During the panel discussion, the focus was on the transformation of the service business. Every perspective hit the mark for me. Let me share a few takeaways.⁣ ⁣ AI was front and centre. Sergey Galuza (IZDAT) gave specifics: developers are already 20–30% more efficient thanks to new tools, and the upside could be much greater. I see the same driver for the coming years, and our own experience echoes what Sergey said.⁣ ⁣ The client’s perspective is no less important. As Olga Orekhvo (CompatibL) noted, clients are no longer buying resources - they want transparency, guarantees, and a clear understanding of the problem you solve. That’s what should shape the approach of service companies.⁣ ⁣ Growth was another strong theme. Vasili Yavarchuk (Wizart) reminded us that services scale through people, while products scale differently and faster. Here I see a challenge for the whole market: how to build product logic into the service model.⁣ ⁣ And finally, an important warning from Siarhei Zhuk (EPAM Systems): the “body shop” model has no future if it doesn’t create real value. A good marker - as an industry, we should keep it in focus.⁣ ⁣ For me, this discussion was proof that we are all moving towards AI-native business, more transparency, and a sharper focus on client value. Well, WislaCode is in the game too.⁣ ⁣ At WislaCode Solutions, we develop fintech applications, start projects from scratch and help scale existing ones. We will create a mobile or web app that withstands all kinds of loads and users love it. Because we've done it before. Feel free to DM me to explore ways to reach your goals.

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