From manual MVP to $1.2B unicorn: Preply Founder Kirill Bigai shares the discipline and resilience required to navigate a decade of pivots and the invasion of Ukraine to build a legendary global brand
Wild story, Ollie. I found it refreshing how you frame Preply as a discipline story rather than a victory lap. The “concierge MVP” plus 12-year grind, wartime leadership, and human-first, AI-enabled vision really shows what it actually takes to build a $1.2B unicorn, not just tweetable highlights.
This is really inspiring, Ollie.
Inspiring. Thanks for this, Ollie!
Discipline is key to success
Wild story, Ollie. I found it refreshing how you frame Preply as a discipline story rather than a victory lap. The “concierge MVP” plus 12-year grind, wartime leadership, and human-first, AI-enabled vision really shows what it actually takes to build a $1.2B unicorn, not just tweetable highlights.