Field Notes —
weekly,
short, on the record.
~200 words. Every Monday. Three sections: what’s shipping, what’s not, one thing I’m thinking about. Delivered by email and archived here.
Week 19 · The credit module goes live
Faktorist credit module is live with three pilot distributors in Lviv, Odesa, and Kraków. First confirmed receivable settled in 2.4 hours — well inside the 24-hour SLA we promised. Customer-success team is doing a daily check-in with each pilot while we tune the underwriting overrides.
Week 18 · Two new EU buyers, one cancelled trip
Two new buyers signed: a German wholesaler and an Italian importer, both via Faktorist documentation-compliant invoices. Total committed Q2 volume from these two: ~$1.4M. Both came in through inbound, not outbound. The flywheel is starting to work.
Week 17 · Issue N°08 to print
Made-in-Ukraine N°08 went to print on Wednesday. The agri-export cover story closed at 7,200 words after a final pass from a Berlin trade journalist who suggested two corrections. Both held. Print quantity: 8,000 (40% subscriber, 60% newsstand).
Week 16 · iForum keynote, then home
iForum Kyiv was Friday. Forty-five minute keynote on building B2B during war. Q&A ran long; took the last question after the moderator tried to wrap. Two follow-up partnership conversations already on the calendar for May. Slides going up on /speaking this week.