PinnedIlya PestovAn Inconvenient Truth: How Tesla Became a Trillion-Dollar CompanyAstonishing story about the rise of green technologies·11 min read·Nov 5, 2021--5--5
Ilya PestovinDataDrivenInvestorThe Decadence of Venture Capital: How Modern Unicorns Are BredPreviously venture capital was intended solely for scaling growth, now it is often used for creating positive unit economics.·9 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Ilya PestovCoronavirus: a Dangerous Illusion of MortalityThis Russian article received half a million views just in few days — Worth reading.·14 min read·Apr 8, 2020--3--3
Ilya PestovHow Uber Flawlessly Manipulates with Numbers in Its Earnings ReportStudying the latest Uber’s earning report, I found barefaced data manipulation, and now I will show it to you.·6 min read·Mar 3, 2020----
Ilya PestovWhat awaits Uber after IPOThe only salvation for Uber is a fully operational “army” of autonomous vehicles.12 min read·May 22, 2019----
Ilya PestovBaker’s Dozen of Facts About Startups What You Need to KnowDedicated for makers6 min read·Jan 22, 2019----
Ilya PestovGrok Trends or What I Learned in 2018Grok is a word coined by American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. ‘Grok’ means to…11 min read·Jan 2, 2019----
Ilya PestovinART + marketingApple Watch Case Study. How to Manipulate Your Opinion?Brilliant marketing is embedded in DNA of Apple. Watch — isn’t a phone, it’s an additional accessory, the need to buy which for many is…3 min read·Dec 13, 2018--2--2
Ilya PestovinWe’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/newsA history of machine translation from the Cold War to deep learningI open Google Translate twice as often as Facebook, and the instant translation of the price tags is not a cyberpunk for me anymore. That’s…19 min read·Mar 12, 2018--10--10
Ilya PestovinThe StartupYou Might Be Interested in Technologies of 2017There are a lot of tech predictions at the beginning of each year. Scientists, engineers, and industrialists trying to sum up results of…6 min read·Jan 25, 2018--1--1