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In the last days of June, at the electronic auction of the seized property of the state enterprise SETAM, a cut hornbeam branch caused a stir, which during a fierce auction was sold for 1,550 UAH instead of the starting price of 90 UAH. This story made the news and, of course, became the subject of memes and jokes. Actually, it is difficult to imagine that the winner of the auction, Iryna Yuriivna Antonyak, perceived this in any other way than as a joke, because the author’s imagination simply cannot imagine another motive. If so, then Ms. Iryna is a serial joker or has a special reverence for tree trunks — she has already won the auction at SETAM for four pine trees. However, in this auction, the pine trees did not have enough media coverage, and they were sold for only 75 UAH (the starting price). Actually, it would not be superfluous to remind you that the winner of the auction can simply refuse the winning lot, and in Ms. Iryna’s place, any adequate person would do so (but this is not certain).

Ukrainian business has repeatedly tried to abandon 1 °C. Dozens of «Ukrainian alternatives», information campaigns, but it still remains the main accounting system at most Ukrainian enterprises. What is the real reason for this «resistance» to change? Is it just a lack of modern solutions or caution on the part of business? In fact, the problem is deeper. It is rooted in traditional approaches to management that have been formed over the years. And these approaches do not automatically change with the transition to a new, even more modern product, but with the same functionality.

Docusign — глобальна компанія, що займається електронним документообігом. Її продуктами користуються такі величезні компанії, наприклад, як Shell. Українець, принципал-інженер Микола Савенко працює тут майже рік і відповідає за стратегічні задачі, які покращують систему для більше мільярда користувачів по всьому світу. Ми поговорили з ним про нестандартні задачі в компанії, процес найму на дев’ять місяців, роботу в monobank, культуру роботи в США, мрії та роль менторства у житті.

OnlyFans models who received notices from tax authorities about additional tax assessments of hundreds of thousands of hryvnias are appealing these notices-decisions in court. So far, not everyone has been able to prove the tax authorities wrong, but there are already successful cases. Here are three stories with different endings.