Anna Lukacova

Focus Hub is an ecosystem designed to connect and empower young entrepreneurs, innovators, and creatives across Central Europe, starting in Slovakia. Our mission is to build a dynamic community where new ideas are fostered, and collaborative growth is encouraged. As of now, Focus Hub hosted 18 events such as conferences, workshops and networking events, bringing together over 800 industry professionals, thought leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs. The knowledge exchanged during Focus Hub's events is shared across all of their channels and often results in new projects and business connections. My role as Founder & CEO focuses on creating strategic partnerships, leading the overall direction of the organization, and overseeing the planning and execution of events. I work closely with a dedicated team to manage speaker curation, sponsorship deals, and community engagement initiatives. Additionally, I curate connections and create teams to help solve various problems that the members of Focus Hub community have - from research, to design, branding and building new technology.

I co-led the design and development of an innovative platform that empowers university students to land internships and jobs by connecting them with world-class alumni for career mentorship. Conducted comprehensive user research with students from top US universities (Stanford, MIT, Brown, Tufts) and collaborated with leaders from Fortune 500 companies (Google, Meta, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, BCG) to pinpoint critical challenges in the job search process for both jobseekers and employers. I created a professional user profile that outperformed competitors, was rated as better than LinkedIn by 90%+ of users polled, in user engagement and satisfaction on both the jobseeker and employer sides. Co-led the product research with the CEO, translated insights into high-fidelity prototypes that drove further user testing and development. In close collaboration with the CTO and the development team we built a fully functional platform used by 200+ alpha users. In November 2024, Aim was acquired by Kalibrr, one of largest job platforms in Southeast Asia and a Y-combinator-backed company. The technology extended its reach to over 8 million jobseekers and significantly enhanced engagement for both jobseekers and employers.

Firtal is a leading Danish health and beauty e-commerce marketplace with 180 employees, serving 250.000+ active customers. In 2018, Firtal joined the Matas Group, a publicly listed retail group in Denmark with 2,500+ employees. My role in Firtal was primarily on the re-design and relaunch of Jalahelsekost.dk, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in health and personal care in Denmark. I worked with a team of front-end and back-end developers and coordinated with other departments to create a seamless shopping experience across mobile and desktop devices.

Spirit Of Njord is the first gin distillery in Denmark, crafting high-quality artesian gin that regularly appears on the menu of the world's best restaurants (such as Noma or AOC). In 2019, Spirit of Njord began a partnership with Carlsberg - one of the leading brewery groups in the world today - selling organic cocktails on tap in 350+ places around Denmark.

Slovakfolklore is a social impact venture aiming to educate the young generations about Slovak cultural heritage through social media. As the founder of Slovakfolklore, I successfully bridged the gap between Slovak traditions and modern culture by creating an engaged online community of 20,000+ users. Slovakfolklore represented the Slovak national heritage on a national and international scale - collaborating with the Slovak government, embassies, artists and private companies.