Press Kit
Everything media professionals need to cover the story of resilience, innovation, and bridge building at the heart of Everything Will Be OK.
Book Overview
Key Facts & Impact Metrics
The figures behind the mission, as given in the book (Chapters 13 and 15).
The Story in Brief
Everything Will Be OK — Building Bridges Through War, Crisis, and Chaos is the true story of Alex Fox — born in Ukraine, raised in Italy — who took a one-way flight from Rome to Kyiv in January 2014, during Maidan, and turned an 1882 Austro-Hungarian book factory in Lviv into the OK Factory hub. From EURO 2012 and a BlaBlaCar proposal that was turned down and framed, to the local operations of Ernest Airlines (financed by a Minecraft co-founder, led by former Armani management) — the book moves in three parts: The Foundations, The Transformation, The Impact and the Future.
When the licence was revoked and COVID closed the skies in March 2020, Alex kept the team and pivoted — a first big order of medical clothing flown to Canada became the first prototype of a marketplace. In February 2022, in the Canary Islands, an English investor called it “Alibaba of Ukraine”; weeks later, at 4 a.m. on 24 February, the war began. BRAVE rose from Lviv’s former #1 TripAdvisor nightclub — generators, Starlink, bunker — and there Faktorist took its full form: an H2H (Human to Human) B2B marketplace for Ukrainian producers. The UAmbassadors program turns the diaspora into a commercial network — up to half of Faktorist’s commission for whoever introduces a client — on a counterintuitive principle: passion beats competence.
Written largely during blackouts, by candlelight, between air-raid sirens, the book ends in Rome at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, June 2025 — and stops at the best part. Chapter 16 keeps writing itself online. Every copy includes a Bridge Certificate linking the reader to a real Ukrainian producer. “Everything Will Be OK” is not an expression of blind optimism. It is a declaration of war against the impossible.
What Makes This Book Unique
Bridge Certificates
Every copy includes a Bridge Certificate: a real link between the reader and a Ukrainian producer on the Faktorist platform. Reading becomes support.
SofiIA — the First AI Native to a Book
Sofia, Greek for “wisdom”, plus IA, the Italian “AI” flipped. SofiIA knows every story and framework in the book and answers in more than ten languages — readers can talk to her before buying. On Faktorist, she helps Ukrainian producers reach global markets.
Chapter 16 — The Chapter That Never Ends
A living chapter, updated online in real time as Faktorist grows and Ukraine rebuilds. The Builder (Collector’s edition) includes lifetime access; The Founder receives it too.
#FirstTimeSince Movement
A challenge inspired by the question in Chapter 6: “When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
War Diaries Multimedia
Raw voice notes, photos, and video footage from the front lines of economic resistance. Unlocked with Collector's and Founder's editions.
UAmbassadors Program
Readers become bridges: introduce Faktorist to a client in your market and share in the profits — up to half of Faktorist’s commission, never below 10%, fixed for life for the first 100 high-volume ambassadors.
Suggested Interview Topics
Key themes and questions that reveal the book's deepest insights.
War-Life-Balance
How to build operational resilience under existential pressure. What companies can learn from Ukraine's forced innovation.
Diaspora as Economic Force
Why the Ukrainian diaspora isn't an escape — it's an economic weapon. How more than ten million Ukrainians abroad can become bridges to new markets.
H2H Business Philosophy
Human-to-Human commerce in the age of AI. Why authentic relationships matter more in downturns.
Future of Ukraine's Economy
Post-war reconstruction through trade. How Faktorist and initiatives like it position Ukraine as a global innovator.
Innovation Under Adversity
Creativity isn't luxury — it's necessity. How constraints breed breakthrough ideas.
From OK Factory to Global Impact
Scaling purpose-driven business. How a Lviv innovation hub became infrastructure for a global movement.
Press Contacts
Media Relations
Author Interviews & Speaking
Follow & Connect
Stay updated with the latest on Everything Will Be OK and the book's ongoing Chapter 16 story.
Asset Downloads & Requests
Download Assets
High-resolution materials for media coverage and publication.
Author Photo
Book Covers
Logo & Branding
One-Sheet PDF
Media Kit (Full)
Quotes & Excerpts
Story Angles
Ideas for features and interviews. Launch: 13 October 2026 — the author’s 35th birthday — at OK Factory in Lviv, in Milan and on a global stream for the diaspora.