Kuba, Co-Founder: How It All Began | Apify Doing Good

Apify co-founder Kuba Balada on why web scraping isn't what most people assume it is, and how automated web data ends up exposing fake discounts, supporting investigative journalists, and helping catch child traffickers. *Useful links* 🧑‍💻 🌱 Apify Doing Good: https://apify.com/doing-good 🛒 Hlídač shopů: https://www.hlidacshopu.cz 👩‍💻 Czechitas: https://www.czechitas.cz 🧑‍💻 Sign up for Apify: https://console.apify.com/sign-up 🛍️ Browse Apify Store: https://apify.com/store *Connect with Apify* 🌐 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apify 🐦 X: https://x.com/apify 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@apifytech *Chapters* 🧑‍🏫 0:00 It's not only about web scraping 0:18 Co-founding Apify and the YC fellowship 0:30 Hlídač shopů: proving what web data can do 0:42 Winning the European Commission project 0:56 How the Czechitas chapter opened 1:30 Hiring 10 Czechitas and building the data team 2:10 Zuzka: first Czechitas hire, now Head of Store 2:25 Why B2B makes your impact invisible 2:55 Fake discounts, child trafficking, journalism 3:04 How doing good shapes hiring and culture