Past articles

Business Mentoring Program

Early stage startups aren’t the only ones who need support and guidance. The more experienced entrepreneurs and managers in Romania can also benefit of support, through the Business Mentoring Program.

BMP is an intensive business mentoring program dedicated to accomplished entrepreneurs, executive Read on →

November 1, 2011 by no comments

Interview with eVenture Capital Partners: “First we invest in people, second in market, thirdly in business models”

An important step in growing a business is getting an investment for your startup. So we had a chat on this topic with two great guys from eVenture Capital Partners, an Internet focused early stage venture capital firm, currently investing both in the North America and in Europe. We had the pleasure of talking to Christian Leybold, Partner at eVenture Capital Partners, and Read on →

October 3, 2011 by no comments

Startup Weekend Romania – November 2011

Dear startup-ers, prepare your pitches and don’t miss this! On November, 11-13, the second Startup Weekend Romania event will take place in Bucharest. Together with other Startup Weekend events from all over the world, it will happen during the Global Entrepreneurship Week Read on →

September 13, 2011 by no comments

Entrepreneurship equals leadership?

Rarely does one person, by oneself, make a company work on its own. Unfortunately, we’re not all Steve. A company does not run by itself. If it would, then it would mean that a football team is trained by itself, or the stock market hits roof high every Thursday at noon. :) It takes a team, a union of  people guided by one collective thought – how to make the business bloom. Read on →

September 12, 2011 by no comments

And the best business idea is….

We must admit it — it’s not easy being green, eating Eco and becoming an entrepreneur. And we have not even mentioned being successful at it. Most of the most promising startups end within 5 years of their existence. While there are many reasons that businesses in general fail, including some that have nothing to do with an owner’s skills, it is also possible that many startups collapse simply because they did not get enough customers to buy or use the Read on →

September 11, 2011 by no comments