⚡️EnergyClub | Skoltech

💡 The Energy of Meetups Awaits You! Join us for Energy Meet this Friday, November 7 at 7:00 PM in our space! An open, friendly meetup where we’ll share ideas, chat, and shape what’s next for our community. Got questions, ideas, or suggestions for future speakers or events? – bring them along! Tea, cookies, and great company – all included 🍪 💡 Time: November 7, 7:00 PM 💡 Location: Cohort Leave a ❤️ if you’re joining – and bring your energy!

📚 Energy for the Mind: 10 Books Every Founder Should Know At our Level Up Your Startup session, Denis Smetnev shared not only his experience of building a billion-ruble company – but also the books that shaped his mindset as an entrepreneur and leader. Here’s his reading list for those who want to think, manage, and grow like a founder: ▪️ Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Happiness and performance come when challenge and skill are in balance. ▪️ No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits, Dan Kennedy Discipline and tough management outperform trying to please everyone. ▪️ The Goal, Eliyahu Goldratt A system’s success depends on its weakest link — find and fix the bottleneck. ▪️ SPIN Selling, Neil Rackham Great sales come from asking the right questions: Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-Payoff. ▪️ The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande Even in complex fields, simple checklists prevent critical mistakes. ▪️ The Ideal Executive, Ichak Adizes There’s no perfect leader — build a strong, complementary team instead. ▪️ The Everything Store, Brad Stone The story of Amazon and Jeff Bezos’ obsession with customer focus and innovation. ▪️ The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker Effectiveness is not talent — it’s discipline: priorities, focus, and responsibility. ▪️ Winning, Jack Welch Leadership means clarity of goals, honest feedback, and constant team growth. ▪️ 45 Manager Tattoos, Maxim Batyrev A leader’s real experience turned into concrete lessons and principles. Saved & Shared!

💡 How it was: Level Up Your Startup with the Co-founder of Skyeng What an incredible evening! We didn’t just listen to theory – we got real, practical startup wisdom directly from Denis Smetnev, co-founder of Skyeng and uForce. Key takeaways: ▶️ Build your team around strong people – and let go of those who slow you down ▶️ Choose your market strategically – not where it's convenient, but where there’s real money ▶️ Master communication with companies, investors, and partners – it’s not about your product, it’s about the value you can create ▶️ Teams received personalized feedback on their projects – from scalability and unit economics to customer segmentation and go-to-market strategies Denis also shared an insider presentation on how Skyeng grew from a startup into a billion-ruble company in Russia – step by step, from MVP to massive scaling. ❤️ From the entire Energy Club community – a huge thank you to Denis Smetnev! His advice was not theoretical, but truly actionable – something our participants can apply today to move their startups forward.

❗️ Friends, we are starting! The order of presentations is: ITracker Rochscanner NanoForge Russian Birch Ecom.chat DeepField InPipe Robot

🚀 Today is the day! We are meeting today with Denis Smetnev for the live pitch session. 💡 Pitch Session Rules: – 4 minutes for your presentation – Up to 10 minutes for questions and feedback from Denis Smetnev You must send your presentation by 18:30 – either a link or the file itself (send to Evelina) 💡 Location: We meet at 19:00 in the showroom on floor -1, next to the basketball court (A video with directions is provided below) 💡 Language: The event will be held in Russian We also invite everyone to join as audience members. See you soon!

Important update! We’ve slightly updated the rules: instead of a video, you can now submit a text description of your project. You have until 00:00 tonight to apply! This is your chance to pitch your project to Skyeng co-founder Denis Smetnev and receive real, business-focused feedback that can help you scale. Submit the form today – with a video or just a text description of your project.

Today is the final deadline! You have until 23:59 to submit your pitch and get the chance to present your project to the co-founder of Skyeng, Denis Smetnev. If you want to receive powerful feedback and take your startup to the next level – don’t miss this opportunity! Fill out the form and attach your 1–1.5 minute elevator pitch video today.

📈 Level Up Your Startup with the Co-founder of Skyeng Friends, we hope you missed our club events, because we are coming back big! This time, we’re bringing you a guest with exceptional entrepreneurial and marketing expertise – Denis Smetnev, Co-founder of Skyeng and marketing agency uForce. And you have the chance not just to listen – but to pitch YOUR project directly to him! 🌐 October 28 at 19:00 – Pitch session & live feedback (hot seat format). ▶️ What to expect: You will have 4 minutes to pitch your project, followed by an intensive business-focused review from Denis and the audience: – financial model viability – scalability potential – your real target customer and why they will pay – market size and entry strategy ▶️ Who can participate? Absolutely ANYONE. Projects of ANY theme, ANY field, ANY stage. From EdTech to fintech, AI, health, fashion, hardware, ecology, social good – everything is welcome! You can pitch in either Russian or English. It doesn’t matter if you only have an idea or you’re already making sales – what matters is your ambition. ▶️ How to apply: Fill out the form Attach a short elevator pitch video (1–1,5 minutes) – in Russian or English 📈 Application deadline: October 26, 23:59 📈 Application form: link

❤️ Energy Talk – happening today! Join us for a session with business psychologist Elena Anatolyevna Jung. Date: Friday, October 3 Time: 4 PM Location: ER3-2008 Language of the event: Russian Topic: «The Psychology of a Successful Startup». We’ll talk about bio-advising, personality types, and steps toward building a happy future. And after the lecture – we’ll all go together to the initiation event! Drop a reaction if you’ll be there!

🤩🤩🤩 The Psychology of a Successful Startup: How to Find Yourself and Build a Happy Future A startup is not only about business plans and investments, but also about deep inner work. For a project to survive and grow, its founder needs to handle stress, understand true motivations, and build healthy relationships with the team – and with themselves. Elena Anatolyevna Jung – business psychologist, entrepreneur, and CEO of DreamHolding LLC – will share her experience and introduce the method of bio-advising, also known as the “psychology of the future.” At the talk you will learn: ▶️ What bio-advising is and why it’s called the psychology of the future ▶️ How to identify your personal requests and understand your “psycho-code” ▶️ The main personality types and how to use this knowledge in business and life ▶️ Practical tools for solving emotional and psychological challenges ▶️ How to design a roadmap for a happy and successful future Date: Friday, October 3 Time: 4 PM Location: ER3-2008 Language of the event: Russian Join the Energy Talk! Drop a reaction if this sparks your interest!

🔥 Друзья, совсем скоро мы проведем «распаковку» десятого юбилейного Инкубатора «Энерготехнохаба Петербург»!  ▶️Уже готовимся и ждем вас! Подключайтесь к трансляции в VK видео в 14:00 и попробуйте выиграть наш фирменный мерч! Сегодня с нами в студии: победитель осеннего сезона 2024 Андрей Бояринцев и генеральный директор экосистемы промышленных инноваций «Перспектива», венчурный инвестор Алексей Малютин. 🎙 Самые интересные вопросы для спикеров пишите в комментарии под трансляцией. 🙂До встречи в эфире!

🚀 Winners of the «Energotechnohub Petersburg» Incubator 2024 Meet Fiber Pipe – a startup from Skoltech that monitors field pipelines in the Arctic in real time to prevent environmental accidents worth over 1 billion rubles per year. The team of 8 has already won accelerators, received grants, and developed their own interrogator based on photonic integrated circuits, ML algorithms, and software. Soon they’ll head to IEEE SENSORS 2025 in Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 to present their inventions and look for new partners. Follow their updates here! 🏁 Reminder: The application deadline for the «Energotechnohub Petersburg» Incubator has been extended until September 27 Don’t miss your chance to showcase your project and take the next step toward success!

Only 2 days left until the «Energotechnohub Petersburg» Incubator application deadline! For first-year students, this is a perfect chance to showcase your Innovation Workshop project and compete for 💰1,000,000! Got an idea, skills, a startup – or just the drive to start something new? Message @evelysick (Project Manager) or @tzajceva (President of the club) – together we’ll figure out how to turn it into something great! 💡 Don’t miss your chance – apply now!