Episode #15

Mariana Edilyan
Head of Human Resources Department, Viva

Together with Mariana Edilyan, we have covered topics such as the current HR trends, prospects for development, secrets of discovering employees’ talents and encouraging their loyalty, building skills of maintaining the work-life balance, as well as many other vital and interesting issues.

Episode #14

Lilit Grigoryan
“IDBank” Operations Director

October is globally celebrated as cybersecurity awareness month. Billions of dollars are stolen by card scammers, and, so, it is vitally important to make sure we are well informed about matters of cybersecurity.

We have covered these and many other questions in our 14th podcast with Lilit Grigoryan, operations director of “IDBank”.

Episode #13

Narek Hakobyan

Co-Founder and CTO at “HR Drone”

With Narek we have talked about the new “HR-Drone” tool, which enables finding jobs in different companies while staying anonymous. “HR Drone” is a recruitment app with AI match-making technology.

We also discussed the challenges and opportunities in HR industry both for job seekers and employers.

Episode #12

Mathew Zein

Chief Editor of “Life in Armenia” magazine

During our discussion with Mathew, we have talked about how his 7-day trip to Armenia turned into a 7-year residence here with his wife, he has shared some professional and personal stories as well.

Mathew is actively contributing to the digital nomads’ concept and community development in Armenia. He is the founder and editor in chief of the “Life in Armenia” monthly magazine which tells interesting stories about Armenia, Armenian culture and people.

Episode #11

Harutyun Nahapetyan

Co-founder, CEO at “Wimedia”

With Harutyun, we have discussed display ads, specifically, Wi-Fi advertisement, also influencer marketing and its growing demand and features. What are effective ads and what kind of info they should include?

Episode #10

Arthur Muradyan

Senior Product Manager

In our conversation with Arthur, we talk about product management, where he shares some cool cases from his work at “Sololearn”, one of the most famous global e-learning platforms to learn code with more than 20 million users. We also talk about the young people who want to acquire a new skill and land a high-paid job, as well as the overall startup environment and how it feels to work in a startup company with the dynamics and the risks.

Episode #9

Roman Daneghyan

Co-Founder, The Business Rover

Join the new podcast by Viva to listen our conversation with Roman Daneghyan, co-founder of “The Business Rover”. We have talked about marketing, SEO, and many more topics of interest in the digital world. We also discuss the latest conference “Marketing: Myth and Reality” organized by Roman.

Episode #8

Tanya Sukmanskaya

CEO, the “HeyGrowth” Conference

With Tanya, we talk about the “HeyGrowth” Conference, how she decided to organize it in Armenia, and how the Russian IT-community lives in Armenia. Also, we prepared 5 quick questions for her about Armenia. Tanya shares about her favorite local food (spoiler: it appeared to be the zhengyalov hats, or the herb bread, and we couldn’t agree more with her on this), Armenian hospitality, and many more things.

Episode #7

Arto Minasyan

“Krisp” and “10Web” Co-Founder

In our new podcast we met Arto Minasyan, the Co-Founder of “Krisp”, “10Web”, and “Big Story VC”.
Arto speaks about the revolutionary solution offered by the “Krisp” in noise cancellation, technologies, the current developments on the global scale, the ups and down on the road to running a start-up. He also shares the books that have impressed him, and the dreams that he cherishes now.

Episode #6

Dr. Ani Gasparyan
OBGYN
Creator of “Woman About Women” expert blog

In this podcast we talk with Dr. Ani Gasparyan, OBGYN, creator of “Woman About Women” expert blog. We discuss Ani’s blog, the challenges she faced before and after the creation of the blog, as well as the culture of shame in Armenia, and the questions that the followers of the blog address the doctor. Ani also shares about the woman who has been her inspiration and her secret of combining the many roles of a doctor, blogger, student, mother of a family, and many more.

Episode #5

Anna Salome

Founder of “Anna Salome Fashion Marketing Agency”
Founder of “SOMA” modeling agency
Expert in fashion marketing and personal branding

Our talk with Anna Salome is all about fashion marketing, and modelling business in Armenia. How it all started for her, where to start, if you are eager to enter the fashion marketing industry? How to succeed and never give up, and how to follow your dream?

Who is the most important woman in Anna Salome’s life and why did she choose “Salome” for her name?

Join in for the talk in the 5th podcast by Viva.

Episode #4

Samvel Khachikyan

Programs Partner
“SmartGateVC”

Who is a unicorn? Who are angel investors, how to start a startup with an innovative idea? Where and how to look for investors, and pitch for grants? What are the investment phases in the startup ecosystem and what are the best books to read in search of answers to these and many more questions?

Episode #3

Arsen Hambardzumyan

Founding Member & COO
Podcastle

In this podcast our guest is Arsen Hambardzumyan, the Founding Member & COO of the “Podcastle” shares about the “Podcastle” tool, the features and opportunities it offers to the users, and provides valuable advice on how to start a podcast.

Episode #2

Karmen Mkhitaryan

Internal Communication and Development Senior Specialist
Viva

The guest of the second podcast by Viva is Karmen Mkhitaryan, Internal Communication and Development Senior Specialist of the Company. We talk about the importance of human resources, their role and their place at Viva; the Company’s response to the pandemic; the Company’s advantages as an employer, opportunities of work and internship, and employer branding.

Episode #1

Karen Hovhannisyan

Analytics team lead
Viva

The Analytics team lead at Viva Karen Hovhannisyan shares  his thoughts about data, its growing  significance for companies and a range of other topics.