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Article: L.A. software firm is first to establish Soviet Union office. (Nantucket Corp. opens distributor in Soviet Union)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- April 9, 1990
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L.A. software firm is first to establish Soviet Union office
Nantucket Corp., a Los Angeles-based computer software company, has opened an office in the Soviet Union, the company announced last week.
"There are other American software companies that are selling products there, but under a joint venture with the Russians or through a Russian distributor," said Larry Heimendinger, president and CEO of Nantucket. "We're first to go in with our own staff."
The company decided to open an office Moscow when it could not find a "serious Soviet partner that would undestand the basics one would expect from a Western businessman." So, after talking to ...