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Two Armenian IT Entrepreneurs Want to Set Their Own Parameters
Mаry Mamyan
14:42, December 27, 2014
Davit Khachatryan moved back to Armenia from Israel, where he was
working as a business analyst, in 2012.
While he enjoyed the lifestyle there, Davit Khachatryan (top photo)
confesses that he feels at home in Armenia.
The young man says there are a number of IT ideas in his head that
he'd like to launch here.
`The time has come when I've set my own parameters, rather than
working within those set by others. It's not just about making money
but about helping others. I gained experience but later wantedfreedom,
to create something of my own. I've been experimenting since,' says
Davit.
He's decided to implement a project called Trade Santa, where people
can obtain various items without paying money. He wants to create a
platform that combines the web site and the social network ` like
combining eBay and Facebook.
The platform will allow users to display items they'd like to exchange
for others. Users can hook up and agree as to how the exchange will
take place. Right now, Davit is looking for a partner who will provide
the technical side of the project.
`I want it to be a project that will assist the largest number of
people possible and for this market to develop in Armenia. Money is
the mover in the world today, so I wanted to come up with something
where its function would be decreased,' says Davit. `You have to start
by thinking that you want to make a change. If you are set on your
idea you can get others to believe in it as well.'
Davit's friend Minas Keshishyan, who's an IT expert as well, also
believes in change via the IT sector. They want to present their
project to Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia.
Founded in 2011, MIC Armenia states that it: `focuses on providing
support to the local community to stimulate the development of new
startups that are competitive and successful in the marketplace. We
provide services and support to the Armenian IT community and students
to create business from their ideas'
The two budding entrepreneurs are thinking about creating various
telephone add-ons that will facilitate the easier use of the internet.
Minas is now working on one such add-on that will allow one to read
website news in larger print and on a screen version without those
annoying adverts pushed on readers.
When entering any browser by phone, the user is bombarded with site
advertisements, banners and various links. This add-on will allow a
user to merely open the site's news content. Another add-on that Minas
wants to create for the telephone is envisaged to translate foreign
words. If successful, a reader will just have to press any unfamiliar
word and it will be translated.
Minas Keshishyan has worked as a programmer at various organizations,
Most accept orders from U.S. and Canadian companies.
`They pay use peanuts, perhaps good money for Armenians, but they take
what we've done and make huge profits,' says minas. `We have to see
start-ups created here in Armenia that can launch their own projects
and not just fulfill outside orders.'
The two men say that the IT sector in Armenia has developed during the
past two years but that it's not sufficient for future growth. Right
now, western companies are exploiting local human resources.
`To guarantee large-scale development it's vital to create and develop
local organizations and to showcase original projects. Money isn't the
biggest problem facing this sector. Many IT teams have presented their
projects, but very few have attempted to implement them,' says Minas.
Minas has worked with qualified IT professional in Armenia but he's
always changed jobs. He confesses that he cannot work with people who
have been doing the same work for years but who don't have the courage
to change anything and to launch their own initiatives.
He's now receiving job offers from overseas, even one from Facebook,
but he hasn't accepted any as yet.
`I want to do a project of my own, even a small one,' says Minas.
Davit is convinced that the IT sector in Armenia is capable of
innovation and implementing a variety of projects because the market
is young and wide-open. He says there is great human resource
potential here.
Photos: Davit Khachatryan's and Minas Keshishyan's Facebook page
http://hetq.am/eng/news/57964/two-armenian-it-entrepreneurs-want-to-set-their-own-parameters.html
From: A. Papazian
Mаry Mamyan
14:42, December 27, 2014
Davit Khachatryan moved back to Armenia from Israel, where he was
working as a business analyst, in 2012.
While he enjoyed the lifestyle there, Davit Khachatryan (top photo)
confesses that he feels at home in Armenia.
The young man says there are a number of IT ideas in his head that
he'd like to launch here.
`The time has come when I've set my own parameters, rather than
working within those set by others. It's not just about making money
but about helping others. I gained experience but later wantedfreedom,
to create something of my own. I've been experimenting since,' says
Davit.
He's decided to implement a project called Trade Santa, where people
can obtain various items without paying money. He wants to create a
platform that combines the web site and the social network ` like
combining eBay and Facebook.
The platform will allow users to display items they'd like to exchange
for others. Users can hook up and agree as to how the exchange will
take place. Right now, Davit is looking for a partner who will provide
the technical side of the project.
`I want it to be a project that will assist the largest number of
people possible and for this market to develop in Armenia. Money is
the mover in the world today, so I wanted to come up with something
where its function would be decreased,' says Davit. `You have to start
by thinking that you want to make a change. If you are set on your
idea you can get others to believe in it as well.'
Davit's friend Minas Keshishyan, who's an IT expert as well, also
believes in change via the IT sector. They want to present their
project to Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia.
Founded in 2011, MIC Armenia states that it: `focuses on providing
support to the local community to stimulate the development of new
startups that are competitive and successful in the marketplace. We
provide services and support to the Armenian IT community and students
to create business from their ideas'
The two budding entrepreneurs are thinking about creating various
telephone add-ons that will facilitate the easier use of the internet.
Minas is now working on one such add-on that will allow one to read
website news in larger print and on a screen version without those
annoying adverts pushed on readers.
When entering any browser by phone, the user is bombarded with site
advertisements, banners and various links. This add-on will allow a
user to merely open the site's news content. Another add-on that Minas
wants to create for the telephone is envisaged to translate foreign
words. If successful, a reader will just have to press any unfamiliar
word and it will be translated.
Minas Keshishyan has worked as a programmer at various organizations,
Most accept orders from U.S. and Canadian companies.
`They pay use peanuts, perhaps good money for Armenians, but they take
what we've done and make huge profits,' says minas. `We have to see
start-ups created here in Armenia that can launch their own projects
and not just fulfill outside orders.'
The two men say that the IT sector in Armenia has developed during the
past two years but that it's not sufficient for future growth. Right
now, western companies are exploiting local human resources.
`To guarantee large-scale development it's vital to create and develop
local organizations and to showcase original projects. Money isn't the
biggest problem facing this sector. Many IT teams have presented their
projects, but very few have attempted to implement them,' says Minas.
Minas has worked with qualified IT professional in Armenia but he's
always changed jobs. He confesses that he cannot work with people who
have been doing the same work for years but who don't have the courage
to change anything and to launch their own initiatives.
He's now receiving job offers from overseas, even one from Facebook,
but he hasn't accepted any as yet.
`I want to do a project of my own, even a small one,' says Minas.
Davit is convinced that the IT sector in Armenia is capable of
innovation and implementing a variety of projects because the market
is young and wide-open. He says there is great human resource
potential here.
Photos: Davit Khachatryan's and Minas Keshishyan's Facebook page
http://hetq.am/eng/news/57964/two-armenian-it-entrepreneurs-want-to-set-their-own-parameters.html
From: A. Papazian