Founder and CEO of China Classifieds, which is a community of international professionals who are passionate about innovation, and built around startups, scaleups, and corporates. Originally from Ukraine, Marian moved to China in 2011, where his entrepreneurial journey began. He completed the SLP along with other emerging startups. Marian kept growing his passion for startup scene and entrepreneur lifestyle, meanwhile he joined the Startup Grind team and became an ambassador at AngelHack in Shanghai.

Brian leads corporate innovation teams in China. Over the past 6 years, since founding Let’s Make Great!, he has worked with dozens of early-stage teams to systematically develop new products, services and brands.

In addition to regular speeches at conferences like TEDx and PechaKucha, Brian has written over 400 articles on creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, in 2017 he led the creation of PROTO, a successfully crowd-funded storytelling game to inspire innovators.

Whether through one-day workshops or a 6-month incubation program, the goal is the same: to help inexperienced corporate teams work through the creative chaos and come out

the other side with a fresh solution. From user research to rapid-prototyping and business-modeling, Brian leads a multi-disciplinary team at Let’s Make Great!, which guides clients through a step-by-step strategic exploration process.

Born in New York and proudly raised in New Jersey, Brian came to Shanghai in 2007 to drive the dynamic changes that were starting to take hold. An avid cyclist, he is currently preparing for his next big adventure across Europe.