Last Friday SUP's president Andrew Paulson took a part in the online conference and answered the questions posted by the readers of Sostav.ru website.

Paulson talked about his arrival to Moscow, the end of his career as a professional photographer and establishment of Afisha Publishing House. He explained why you don't need a lot of money to start your own business, the importance of research for advertising, what is the formula of Afisha and SUP's success, why it is practically impossible to manage SUP's employees and shared his opinions of the prospects of LiveJournal's development in Russia and abroad as well as on a number of other interesting issues.

You can read all the answers here: "Andrew Paulson: the first in the Silicon Valley".

On December 2, 2007 SUP has announced its acquisition of LiveJournal: you can read the official press release on the corporate website and the announcement in the LiveJournal news community.