On May 23, Consul General Marcus Micheli and Ural Chamber of Commerce President Andrey Besedin introduced Thomas Bruns, Deputy Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, and Dan Caffee, a leading entrepreneur from the state of Utah. They both spoke at the Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry at an event dedicated to Russia’s Entrepreneurship Day. Mr. Bruns gave a presentation on the services offered by the Foreign Commercial Service to assist American businesses interested in Russia and Russian businesses interested in either buying American products or finding U.S. partners – http://2016.export.gov/russia/. Mr. Caffee, who is visiting Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and Tyumen through the Consulate’s Speaker Program, shared his experiences on launching successful startups. Both speakers answered questions in a lively discussion with the audience.
