Ten years of professional experience in construction, healthcare, hospitality, and design in the Moscow City financial district, until the realization hit: architecture without purpose no longer inspires. Today, Ksenia Gavrilova is Head of Concept Development and Urban Strategy, the founder of the XENIOS agency, and someone who knows how to "marry" the interests of government officials, tough business executives, and residents of small towns. In an interview with our publication, Ksenia shares why she traded elite construction for public spaces, how she fought for the safety of an ashram in New Delhi, and why Valencia became her temporary "safe haven" on her way to the American market.

Daria Gavrilova is a journalist, communication teacher, and the creator of the Habla con Daria podcast. In this episode of Entre Expats, we talked with Daria about why her project is in Spanish, how the migration experience reshapes professional perspective, and where the line is drawn between the path of a migrant and that of an expat.

Amid growing risks associated with launching startups, more and more experienced executives are choosing a different path: entrepreneurship through business acquisition. At the Think Wide conference in Barcelona, entrepreneur and investor Elena Trukhina shared her experience with the Search Fund model—an investment mechanism that enables the acquisition of a stable small or medium-sized business with investor backing even before a specific company is selected. This strategy combines managerial autonomy, reduced risk, and high return potential

Nineteen years ago, I tightly connected my life with game development: I became a co-founder of TimeZero. And in 2021, Nexters (of which I am a co-founder) entered NASDAQ with a valuation of around 2 billion dollars.