Sensing the worst, two weeks before Russia began invading his homeland, tech entrepreneur Volodymir “Vlad” Panchenko wanted to charter a plane for a month o get as many of his employees and their families out of Kyiv, Ukraine.
But the co-founder of video game and metaverse marketplace DMarket said his board was giving him heavy pushback because his plan to shuttle workers to the Balkan country of Montenegro would lead to a 20% budget increase. Yet, in a rare show of defiance, Panchenko trusted his gut and told them he was executing his contingency plan anyway – regardless of the cost.
