Success Stories

We are proud to introduce you the stories about brave entrepreneurs, including the UCU Lviv Business School (LvBS)’s graduates, who openheartedly share how they managed to outlive the crisis or even start their own business in the most disadvantageous times.

Oleksandr Penkivsky is the owner of the “City Café” restaurant chain (Ternopil), which consists of five restaurants. Oleksandr opened the last two while studying at the UCU Business School. During the entire period of the Сorona crisis all the chain full-time employees managed to hold down their jobs.

Rostyslav Kulyk, CEO and founder of the “Gastroli.ua” ticket service, shared his own business experience, the challenges he faced during the pandemic, and how, in his opinion, the event industry will recover after the Corona crisis.

Olena Sozanska is the founder of the «Smart Space» project. For seven years she managed «Taor Karpaty Resort & SPA» hotel complex and started her own family business during the pandemic. She spoke about her experience on how to start a business during the Corona crisis and shared her thoughts about the changes in corporate culture in post-Covid world. 

Restaurateur Oleksandr Penkivskyi: “During the pandemic, I have not signed off any of my employees”

Oleksandr Penkivskyi is the Key Executive MBA program of the Lviv Business School of UCU (LvBS) graduate, an owner of the “City Café” restaurant chain (Ternopil). In addition, he actively organizes tours. He has implemented a great deal of charity projects, but prefers not to talk about it, because he adheres to a principle that charity should be quiet. He reads about 30 books a year, loves to travel and change the world for the better.

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Rostyslav Kulyk: “Our plan to overcome the crisis is to prepare for the year of 2022 as much as possible”

Rostyslav Kulyk, Key Executive MBA graduate of LvBS of UCU, CEO and founder of the ticket service “Gastroli.ua”. He started his career at school. He is a cybernetic economist and worked for an IT company for three years. He completed his studies at LvBS at the beginning of the quarantine and the crisis. He is convinced that online in this business will never replace offline.

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Olena Sozanska: “Eyes should be kept wide open and we should be prepared to accept the inevitability of changes, which have already begun”

Olena Sozanska is the Key Executive MBA program of the Lviv Business School of UCU (LvBS) graduate, is the founder of the «Smart Space» project. For seven years she managed «Taor Karpaty Resort & SPA» hotel complex from the construction stage to recognition as one of the best family resorts in Ukraine. She is Member of the LvBS Alumni Council. She is currently studying at Stanford University in the “Strategies for Sustainability” program.

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