Real Ukraine: The Kharkiv Hustle—How Ukrainians Adapt and Thrive

<p><strong>By Joe Lindsley, editor, Lviv Now (story reposted from</strong><a href="https://lvivnow.com/"><strong> LvivNow.com</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p> <h4>The band Dity Inzheneriv provides the theme music for Real Ukraine. Here’s more of their music:</h4> <p><strong>Perspectives on Ukraine from people who know the country</strong></p> <p>guest: Andriy Tavrin</p> <p>host: Joe Lindsley</p> <p><strong>Follow regular updates from Ukraine on our Telegram Channel: </strong><a href="https://t.me/ukrainianfreedomnews"><strong>Ukrainian Freedom News</strong></a><br> <br> Joe Lindsley, American journalist traveling by train across Ukraine to a city near the Western border, speaks with Andriy Tavrin, &nbsp;a <strong>Kharkiv</strong> native who works in business development on a mission to encourage and amplify human capital. They met at the <strong>Shuk</strong> café, with authentic Israeli food in snowy Kharkiv.</p> <p><strong>Some of Andriy's points:</strong></p> <p>—"When I was younger, my mom gave me <strong>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. </strong>I got inspried by his story when he settled down in Philadelphia ... how he made his lead generation"</p> <p>—"We are very open to everything and we are eager to try everything that works. <strong>And this is an attitude of Ukrainians.</strong>"</p> <p><strong>—"If I did something wrong yesterday,</strong> I go on the Internet and I google some success story of Swedish people or Israeli people or Chinese people, and I try to adopt."</p> <p>—"When you have a constant flow of talent that is educated, that has hunger and willingness to work, to grind hard, <strong>the sky is the limit."</strong></p> <p>You can follow Andriy on<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriy-tavrin-1b5901154/"> LinkedIn.</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/arroe-collins/message