Vladislav Yun

- My name is Vlad, I’m Head of Communications at Enterprise Uzbekistan, a technology jurisdiction designed for global tech businesses. It’s based on English Common law, and all its terms are guaranteed until 2100, which means nothing can be changed to your disadvantage. The organization was set up on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who signed the Constitutional Law on Enterprise Uzbekistan in August this year. So basically, my goal as a comms person is to make sure tech companies anywhere in the world know about us and what we can offer.

Personally, I’m an animal lover, and I can’t live without a daily double espresso and some good music.

- The people behind it, and the chance to be useful to people from both Georgia and Uzbekistan. One afternoon we were having coffee with Nini Tvaltvadze and Andri Chanturia at Shavi, a Georgian coffee shop in Tashkent, talking about how the community could be useful to others, and I knew it was something I wanted to be part of. Being useful to others was more than enough reason for me to accept Nini’s offer. (Thank you, Nini!)

- Georgia is a big market, and companies there want to scale and expand internationally. Uzbekistan has huge potential for such businesses. There’s strong political will, government support, and the right organizations and institutions to back them. From a tech perspective, Uzbekistan brings a large, young talent pool and a fast-growing domestic market. A team that starts in Tbilisi can build its engineering function in Tashkent and scale from there. Our ecosystem gives them two ways in: IT Park Uzbekistan offers a fast, well-tested route to set up and hire locally, and Enterprise Uzbekistan offers a legal framework built on English Common law that international founders and companies already understand. So companies are free to choose whichever fits their needs best.

- I’d say uncertainty, almost always. A company can plan for costs and competition, but it’s much harder to plan around rules you don’t fully understand, timelines nobody can confirm, and contracts you’re not sure will hold up if something goes wrong. That’s what slows founders down most, especially in the first year.

The second thing is finding the right people. Every new market means rebuilding your network from zero: the right hires, the right partners, someone who can tell you how things actually work on the ground.

What helps most in that case is predictability. When businesses can read the legal framework, know how long things will take and get a straight answer early, they move much faster. We see this with the companies that come to us. Many of them have international investors and partners, and working under English Common law means everyone reads the rules the same way. The people side gets easier too when there’s an ecosystem in place. Together with IT Park Uzbekistan, newcomers can tap into local talent and meet other founders who’ve already been through the same steps.

- I think the community will support companies in many ways, whether that’s sharing information or connecting them with people who can actually help. It’s also about bringing people together and building a strong community you can trust and rely on when needed. So the impact I see is good people doing good things together.

- Well, if you want to expand into Georgia or Uzbekistan and don’t know how, reach out to the Georgia-Uzbekistan Business Hub team. The community is there to help. Otherwise, do your research, visit the country, find people in your field, talk to them, don’t rush, and build good relationships first. I think both Georgians and Uzbeks value human relationships first and business after. So drink tea first (or coffee at Shavi), then talk business.

- For us, success would mean the hub becomes the first place a Georgian or Uzbek company goes when it thinks about the other market. Founders and companies shouldn’t have to figure everything out alone. They should be able to come to the hub, get a clear picture of how things work, and meet the right people within days.

The best sign would be when these connections happen on their own, because business between Georgia and Uzbekistan already feels routine. That’s when you know the groundwork has worked.

- A shared bridge for businesses, from the Black Sea to the heart of Central Asia and beyond.