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Vladyslav Budko

Vlad is a product manager, entrepreneur, and writer with more than a decade of experience building products, teams, and businesses from scratch. Based in the United States, he has lived across Eastern Europe, Asia, and the US. That experience shapes his writing on travel, relocation, and adaptation far beyond standard tourism advice. With 10+ years in product management, Vlad has worked across e-commerce, marketplaces, and AI, helping launch and scale products at different stages. His writing on career draws from that hands-on experience: building things, leading teams, and thinking clearly about what kind of work is actually worth doing. Having set up home in multiple cities and countries, he writes about home with a practical point of view shaped by movement, environment, and everyday living. He approaches food and tech in the same way: with curiosity, lived experience, and a strong bias toward what is useful in real life.