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6 things to ask before working with Eastern European tech companies from Poland 🇵🇱

𝟲. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

The Polish courts aren’t well known for speed. That’s why it’s common practice in Poland to make sure that contracts are structured in such a way that conflicts or parting ways, as far as possible, can be addressed without going to the court. Make sure the contract is written in such a way, you feel your interest is safe even if the cooperation is abruptly ended by either side assuming you will not want to go to court.

6 things to ask before working with Eastern European tech companies from Poland 🇵🇱

𝟱. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲?

The Polish copyright law isn’t identical in its rules and concepts to the Anglo-Saxon laws. This is why you should expect the tech company to lay out for you point by point what rules they can propose or have to follow due to the local laws.

6 things to ask before working with Eastern European tech companies from Poland 🇵🇱

𝟮. 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?

Make sure you can meet the project manager on their side in person before signing any contracts.
Knowledge of English isn’t enough to have a good connection with a foreign product owner, project manager, account manager or any other specialist you’ll be contacting about your project.
It’s highly recommended to meet the potential contact person a couple of times to see if ‘cultural chemistry’ works between you.