Entrepreneur · Technology executive · Advisor
Zhenya Rozinskiy
I help founders build stronger businesses and engineering teams.
As an entrepreneur, technology executive, and founder of Mirigos, I bring a practical perspective to business decisions, global hiring, and leading people.
Selected principles
Point of View
Four principles that guide how I build businesses, hire people, and work with others.
Build businesses, not startups.
Experimenting is part of building something new. You still need to know who your customer is, what they’ll pay for, and how the numbers work. You can keep exploring while being serious about the business.
Explore articles →Hire smart people that can learn stuff.
I look for people who can solve problems, take ownership, and grow. The skills you need today will change. Someone who can learn and figure things out gives you much more to work with.
Explore articles →Don’t try to win the negotiation.
The objective is to get what you need while making sure the other person gets what they need. When winning becomes more important than the outcome, you can damage the relationship you need to make it work.
Explore articles →Build relationships without looking for a transaction.
Some of my best business relationships started with an interesting conversation and no reason to do business together. Get to know people because they interest you. A relationship can matter even if it never becomes a transaction.
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Global Talent, Local Results
My book about building world-class engineering teams
A practical guide to finding, hiring, and working with remote engineers. Lessons from three decades in technology to help you avoid outsourcing pitfalls and build a team that grows with your business.
In the media
Interviews & conversations
Selected conversations, interviews and external perspectives.
InternetDevels
Ukraine through the eyes of the West
A conversation about Ukrainian engineering talent, communication with Western clients, and the value of investing in people.
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DotCom Magazine
Zhenya Rozinskiy on the Entrepreneur Spotlight
An exclusive interview with Zhenya Rozinskiy, founder and CEO of Mirigos, hosted by Andy Jacob.
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One Way Summit 2025
Immigrant founders, risk, and resilience
Zhenya Rozinskiy speaks at One Way Summit 2025 about immigrant founders, risk, and resilience.
Watch talk ↗Podcast
Built by Humans
Honest conversations with founders, CTOs, and engineering leaders about global hiring, remote teams, and the decisions behind building products.
Featured episode · EP. 26 · 23:53
Stop managing. Start leading.
With Giorgos Ampavis
A conversation about leading across cultures, hiring people who fit the team, and making communication work across locations.
Listen or watch ↗EP. 25 · 35:49
AI, remote work, and hiring
With Gala Iefremova
How AI is changing product development, recruitment, and the way teams are organized.
Listen or watch ↗EP. 24 · 27:16
Engineering as a service
With John Schulz
Why writing functioning software is only part of an engineer’s responsibility.
Listen or watch ↗Ideas in progress
Latest Writing
Leadership
Being a great leader is actually easy
Good leadership starts with giving people the opportunity to do their best work.
Global teams
Building an offshore team with agile
Practical thinking on bringing distributed people together as one engineering team.
Leadership
Managers vs. Leaders — it’s all about personality
A perspective on the people behind effective management and leadership.
Hiring
Recruiting — Simplified
Thoughts on finding people who can contribute, take ownership, and grow.
