THE ENTREPRENEURS ON THE VALVE PODCAST
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OVIDIU DRUGAN - Sail Set Nauticschool
Considering the chosen setting and the passion for sports of particular elegance, we have invited Ovidiu Drugan - the Mayor of the Black Sea, a sailing enthusiast who founded the most beloved and appreciated sailing school in our country (Set Sail Nauticschool).
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LAURENTIU BALASA - Underline
This episode features Laurentiu Victor Balasa, serial entrepreneur and investor, founder of Underline, a mobile app that enhances the reading experience. Laurentiu is part of the new generation of entrepreneurs and was awarded by Forbes 30 under 30. Among the projects he has been involved in as an investor or founder are T-Me Studios, Omniconvert, FollowArt Production and Valar Properties.
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DRAGOS MARINEANU - Hot Rod Fun
This episode brings to the fore Dragos Marineanu, the one who, together with two enthusiastic friends, managed to move with enviable elegance from a career in Finance to a unique passion through which to bring the Hot Rod Fun experience to Romania.
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ANTONIO ÉRAM - Netopia Payments
In this episode, we have Antonio Éram, one of the pioneers of the local internet and online services market, who launched the company Netopia Payments in 2000 but also has operations in North America, an innovative example being the microfinance service Mobilender launched in Mexico, which grants microloans based on the Facebook profile.
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NICOLAE CARSTEA - The Legal Universe
This episode focuses on Nicolae Cîrstea, the founder of the Universul Juridic Editorial Group, whose foundations he laid in his fourth year of studies, in 2001, and which, thanks to his involvement, seriousness and attention to his partners, has become the most prestigious legal book publishing house.
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ALIN COPINDEANU - Tudor Personal Tailor
In this episode we have Alin Copîndeanu, co-founder of Tudor Personal Tailor. Passionate about entrepreneurship and technology, Alin sensed the potential of the made to measure business, which is essentially based on the concept of personalizing men's clothing, and founded Tudor Tailor with his associate Marius Dan, becoming leaders in this market niche over time. His passion for sailing developed as a complement to his entrepreneurial instincts and opens up new horizons for him from a personal and professional perspective.
CONTRACTORS ON THE WAVE
MIHAI BOCAI – Evonomix & Product Lead
In this episode, we have Mihai Bocai, CEO and founder of Evonomix, a marketing and technology company specialized in strategy, design and digital commerce, but also co-founder of Product Lead, an adTech and social analytics platform, in short, a software for streamlining the promotion processes of a brand/company with the aim of helping marketing teams achieve much better results.
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COLTAN TUDOR - Benga, Coltan & Associates
In this episode we have in the foreground Coltan Tudor, a young successful lawyer who after a career of more than six years in one of the largest law firms in Romania, reached the point where the entrepreneurial spirit came to the fore, speaking out through the desire to start on his own. Thus began the story of a new law firm, whose founder and Managing Partner is @Benga, Coltan & Asociatii - Your Business Partner, in Law.
But ambition was not limited to the professional field, competitiveness and dynamism also highlighted another passion, so he is also the founder of the Legal Runners community with involvement in charitable actions and over ten projects to his credit, with considerable fundraising.
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LUCIAN BADILA - 5 to go
This episode focuses on Lucian Badila, who together with Radu Savopol founded the concept "5 to go". In a setting that seemed saturated with cafes, they came up with a new concept for the local market, which they transformed into a 100% Romanian franchise.
Currently, 5 to go has exceeded 550 locations, thus presenting itself as "the largest coffee shop chain in Eastern Europe" and "the most accessed franchise in Romania".