Alex Potrivaev

Entrepreneur, designer and amateur astronomer

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Wanderers, nomads and vagabonds

We were nomads on the dawn of humankind. Having no permanent home, we were always moving, always hitting the road, always searching for…

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The Dark Place, or There and Back Again

A story on startups, failure, depression and coming back.

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3 steps to greatness

*Below is the prepared text for my talk at Stanford Salon.*

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To makers and doers

In my younger years, a lot of things in life seemed to be very easy.

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