100 Founders and $3 Billion in Revenue: Insights from the Business Booster Board in San Jose
On January 18–19, San Jose hosted the Business Booster Board—an exclusive gathering for business owners whose companies have surpassed the $1 million annual revenue mark and are poised for their next stage of growth. This event brought together 100 Russian-speaking entrepreneurs from across the U.S. According to organizers, the combined annual revenue of the participating companies exceeds $3 billion.
Alexander Visotsky noted that each Business Booster Board meeting raises the bar: the room is filled with new faces, the scale of the businesses is expanding, and the founders' ambitions are reaching new heights. The agenda is also evolving—moving beyond the transition out of day-to-day operations and toward scaling, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the strategic implementation of AI.
Key Insights
A featured speaker, Arnnon Geshuri (HR Director at Snowflake, formerly of Tesla and Google), analyzed strategies for recruiting high-performing talent for hyper-growth companies. He covered everything from defining core requirements to building hiring funnels that maintain team quality during rapid expansion. Visotsky emphasized that these corporate-level practices are highly adaptable for mid-market companies looking for measurable results.
David Yang, founder of ABBYY and Newo.ai, led a hands-on session where participants used their own company data to build working prototypes of AI receptionists in real-time. This practical format allowed owners to move past the hype and immediately test AI deployment scenarios within their own businesses.
The topic of inorganic growth also drew significant attention. Business Booster residents Sergey Mayer and Leonid Martynovskiy, owners of Perfect Pavers, shared their experience in acquiring and merging businesses. They discussed how to manage integration to ensure that acquisitions strengthen the company's bottom line. Visotsky highlighted that the demand for "roll-up" strategies has intensified as entrepreneurs increasingly view M&A as the logical next step after stabilizing their operations.
Event Atmosphere
Participants actively engaged in idea exchanges. According to Alexander Visotsky, it is precisely this open dialogue and readiness to share practical experience that make these meetings exceptionally valuable. During two open discussions, he addressed questions regarding the owner's exit from operations, scaling, and asset acquisition. Based on the volume of questions and feedback, these topics are now becoming pivotal for entrepreneurs planning exponential growth.
Summarizing the event, Alexander noted that the Business Booster Board in San Jose clearly demonstrated that the solutions being discussed by business owners today are moving closer to the agendas of world-class companies. Therefore, one of the primary goals of the meeting is to translate these high-level approaches into clear, actionable steps for practical implementation.
