Category Archives: Business
I’ll try to make it
How often do you hear people around you saying that? In this anti-downshifting environment it’s quite normal to express the desire to be there but also point out the possibility of your absence. It’s what we do. And it’s a great excuse as well.
Just the other day a dear collaborator of mine called me early in the morning to ask me to come down to a business networking event. I’ve heard of the event a few days in advance but I wasn’t quite sure I can make it. well, to be honest I didn’t even think it will benefit me that much, considering it was slightly out of my area of immediate interest.
Boy was I wrong. I agreed to come [...]
Startup Showcase: WIP
I’ve met Alex and Claudiu of WIP on a Friday evening in late October 2008. It was the first formal meeting that the local online community had organized and I was eager to meet new people, listen to them talking about new projects.
We live-streamed the event through Qik and I remember being quite excited. As I’m always eager to learn about interesting local projects I’ve asked for their business cards and I was to follow up with them quite soon.
I’ve followed them closely for the past year and when I first decided to do a few startup showcases they were the first to pop into mind. So I sat down with Alex and had a little chat with him regarding [...]
Monday’s announcement
Seth Godin once quoted the guys from 37Signals stating that the key to shipping on time and on budget is that when you run out of time or money, you ship.
Fortunately none of this happened in regards to the projects I was about to announce today. It’s just the timing that’s not quite right. Instead of rushing into it I’ve decided to let each project play out its own timing. Not to worry, it will happen very soon for each of them.
But I won’t let you leave with empty hands and I’ll give you a small piece of news: We’ve got new talent over at (INC)3 and we’re also taking our business offline & abroad.
Thank you for your patience & [...]
Next Monday’s Announcements
We’ve all been busy in the past 2 months, as you might have been too.
A lot of good things came along the way and a few amazing opportunities showed themselves, thus we immediately acted upon them.
In our first exercise of transparency I’ll be announcing (INC)3’s current investment portfolio, as well as the latest acquisition but most importantly, the people that made everything possible. We’ll also share some insights on what we’re looking in a company and what we’re planning to achieve. I’m almost certain that no one is as excited as we are, yet I hope you’ll share our enthusiasm and commitment.
Thank you, save the date, the main announcement will go live first thing Monday morning, on the 8th of February.
Startup Showcase
In the past few months I’ve come across a few very interesting and promising startups. Many of these though lack the opportunity and resources to get the word further out than their friends and close acquaintances but most importantly, go way beyond their national borders.
Therefore I’m going to start a series of showcases on these type of startups and I’ll try to point out what sets them apart, what problems do they solve and most importantly, why should we care.
I plan on starting next week with a local startup I’ve been following for a while. They do some amazing work and hopefully my showcase will do them justice. I plan on making Robert Scoble proud.
I’m quite familiar with the local startup [...]
Hello again World
I’m finally back, with a new domain and a slightly changed design. I will keep my old blog for posts related to the Romanian online market, local lifestyle and mostly personal issues that are tightly related to Dracula’s Land. I’m permanently giving up the Romanian blog, you’ll still be able to see my old posts under the Romania category.
Other than that, you can find me right here. Make sure you subscribe to the new feed and add me on twitter in order to receive my updates.
Thank you!
PS: Within a couple of days I’ll release the results of the LinkedBook Experiment.
Social Entrepreneurship
Povestind in ultimele zile cu cativa amici, majoritatea tineri antreprenori de succes, am primit cateva intrebari de foarte bun simt, care ar putea fi inglobate intr-una singura: Ce este si cum pot folosi in avantajul meu web 2.0?
Prima mea reactie a fost sa intreb daca exista un site si daca da, sa-l vedem. Chiar daca firma/compania ta are un site bine desenat/aranjat, nu inseamna ca el este pregatit pentru 2.0. Mai concret, diferentierea intre companii in ziua de azi, cel putin online, se face dupa un criteriu foarte simplu: interactiunea cu vizitatorul.
Felul in care vizitatorul primeste informatia este esentiala. La fel si timpul necesar accesari acestei informatii. Poate cel mai bun exemplu in acest sens este regula celor 3 [...]
It’s a kind of {Magic}
Despre ce este vorba? Veti afla maine, inainte de pranz.
Tot ce pot sa spun este ca va fi {Magic}
Investitia in Client
Dupa bunul meu obicei, cand ajung la birou primul lucru care il fac este sa-mi pornesc calculatorul si cele 2 monitoare. (Da, peste noapte opresc calculatorul si monitoarele, nu pentru ca as fi foarte ecologist, ci pentru ca si asa facturile de curent de la SimpliQ sunt enorme). Imi fac o cafea si-mi beau Hell-ul (care de cateva saptamani tine locul micului dejun), dupa care imi verific agenda, mesajele, mailurile si task-urile (multumita Exchange-ului, toate intr-un singur loc).
Daca am ceva urgent de facut, si de obicei am, raspund la mailuri, sun cativa clienti si imi beau cafeaua si Hell-ul linistit. Dupa care deschid reader-ul si ii acord, dupa caz, intre 5 si 30 de minute. Dupa care vizitez forumurile de [...]