Building a Business After Leaving Everything Behind
From Legends N Leaders by Ben Weiss
May 25, 2026 · 25 min
About this episode
This episode features Olga Barabanova and Danil Kontsevoy discussing their journey of rebuilding their lives and business in the United States after leaving their home country.
What would you do if you had to leave your country… and rebuild your life from zero? In this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Olga Barabanova and Danil Kontsevoy, the founders behind Biky Bikes Corp. — creators of the lightest children’s bicycles in the United States. After leaving their home, Olga and Danil rebuilt their lives as entrepreneurs in America and scaled an award-winning company in just three years. We discuss: The emotional reality of starting over in a new country Building a company from scratch as immigrants Why children’s products are difficult to fund and scale How Biky approaches innovation and product design The future of connected and digitalized products Using technology to help address issues like missing children The mindset required to survive uncertainty and keep building This conversation is about resilience, entrepreneurship, innovation, family products, and the determination required to create opportunity from adversity. #BikyBikes #Entrepreneurship #StartupStory #ImmigrantFounders #Innovation #BusinessPodcast #Founders #Technology #Leadership #LegendsNLeaders
People in this episode
Host: Ben Weiss
Guests: Olga Barabanova, Danil Kontsevoy
Topics covered
- resilience
- entrepreneurship
- innovation
- immigrant founders
- children's products
- technology
Keywords
- Biky Bikes
- entrepreneurship
- startup story
- innovation
- children's bicycles
- immigrant founders
- business podcast
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Biky Bikes Corp.
Places: United States
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