Maria Gordienko
Maria Gordienko

Ambition needs company 👭

Nov 1, 2026

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3 min read

Ambition needs company 👭

A new country means rebuilding your circle, too. We wanted ours to include women we could build something with.

You didn’t miss out. You chose.

Oct 25, 2026

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4 min read

You didn’t miss out. You chose.

Every choice leaves something behind. Knowing what matters to you makes it easier to let the rest go.

The woman nobody could categorize

Oct 18, 2026

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6 min read

The woman nobody could categorize

Last week's Nobel went to a writer who never fit any existing form, and the citation says that's exactly why she won.

What are your salary expectations? 💵

Oct 11, 2026

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2 min read

What are your salary expectations? 💵

Nobody taught us to ask for money. But the one of the hardest question in any interview is the one about money, and most of us answer it too fast.

Who are you here? 🧭

Oct 4, 2026

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3 min read

Who are you here? 🧭

Every one of us who moved countries is assembling a new self, and most of us are doing it quietly, assuming everyone else already worked it out. This letter is about that lostness, and about the fact that none of us is alone in it.

The third place ☕

Sep 28, 2026

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2 min read

The third place ☕

There's no third place to talk about what you're building. We're making one.

Made to be remembered 🎤

Sep 22, 2026

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2 min read

Made to be remembered 🎤

Talking to a room of new people is uncomfortable for about five minutes. By the end of tonight everyone had been heard, and now we remember each other.

Come together 🤝

Sep 20, 2026

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1 min read

Come together 🤝

Free networking on Monday, Sept 21, open to everyone. Come with your 60 seconds ready, and bring someone who is not with us yet.

Your English is not the problem 🎙

Sep 13, 2026

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2 min read

Your English is not the problem 🎙

You know exactly what you want to say, and something gets lost between your head and your mouth. Closing that gap is most of what we do here, and on Sept 21 our doors are open to everyone.

Net.working 🔗

Sep 6, 2026

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3 min read

Net.working 🔗

A net only works if you keep making it wider. That's why our networking sessions are open to everyone, member or not.

Every one of us is a product now 💎

Aug 30, 2026

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3 min read

Every one of us is a product now 💎

Your resume is a list of features. Nobody buys a product from a list of features. They pay for how that list is sold.

Be human 🧵

Aug 23, 2026

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3 min read

Be human 🧵

This letter is written entirely by humans with AI assisting, never the other way around. That's the priority we keep in our community. This week's news explains why.