Romanian Startups Episodes

In this episode, Innovators can laugh with Mihai Cepoi, Founder & CEO at Jobful dive into the journey of creating a people-centric job recruiting platform. From the early days of balancing work at SAP and moonlighting on his project to the challenges faced during the pandemic, Mihai shares the stor…

Nichita Herput, the founder of Pineapple Square about Nichita's background in the hospitality industry, the concept behind Pineapple Square, his most embarrassing moments in the industry, the app's business model, and its traction in Romania and the United States. Additionally, they delve into the …

Bogdan Ionita, co-founder of Mirro.io, discusses the company's performance management software and its revenue expectations. He highlights the importance of adapting to market changes and creating a positive work environment. Bogdan also explains the collaboration between Ztech and Mito, as well as…

Mihai Darzan has got a lot on his plate having to manage two different companies plus a family. He is the founder of Procesio , a visual development environment in the cloud AND is the CEO of another successful company here i...

Join Lavinia Mehedintu, founder of Offbeat, as she shares valuable strategies for remote team learning, social learning, and overcoming leadership development challenges. Discover why L&D is a game-changer for companies world...

Can you imagine transitioning from the rigor of military life to the dynamic world of entrepreneurship? In this conversation, Vicentiu Vlad shares the pivotal moments that led him from a structured military environment to the...

Why would a highly respected engineer at Microsoft who enjoys her job and the people she works with, go and launch a startup? For 5+ years, Anastasia Staniloiu worked as a technical engineer and consultant for Microsoft. And ...

Ep. 121: :Eric Melchor ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmelchor) talks with Anastasia Staniloiu ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-staniloiu-a43805103/ ) about why she left a promising career at Microsoft. For the Innov...

Over the last couple of decades, Valentin has held a variety of jobs (and launched a few companies). Everything from selling cookbooks on the street to launching an internet service company just because he wanted to play Star...

In this interview, I chat with Maxim Rotaru, founder of a digital product studio Webamboos. Maxim shares insights on how he landed his first client, how he hired his first employee (funny interview process), and a mistake he ...

Adrian Cighi started his career in the financial field having worked in Great Britain, and for companies such as Banca Transylvania and Goldman Sachs. He then co-founded Pago which is an application that automates payments t...

A while back, I stumbled onto a story on TechCrunch that caught my attention - an innovative medical startup from Romania, helped doctors from three countries collaborate to treat Ukraine refugee cancer patients – this of cou...

Giants Village is a community-owned tech product with a real-world utility that started with a collection of 10,000 unique digital collectibles, known as NFTs, on the Multiverse X blockchain. The project currently has 1,400 h...

Pushkar Chatterji, is the co-founder of Aiva, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses become more efficient and productive through the use of machine learning algorithms. In this chat, he shares how he ...

One of the challenges that retailers face is attributing money spent on digital advertising to in-store results. Fortunately, Footprints AI is helping retailers overcome this challenge by providing them with the tools they ne...

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Discover the story behind Kinderpedia, the EdTech startup that is changing the way parents are involved in their child's education. In this episode, I chat with Evelina...

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Florin Lazar is the Chief Operating Officer of Freya Sense - a startup that helps other startups reduce their time to hire by 87% and look for the qualities and persona...

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Romanian startup founder Raluca Haulica has grown her fashion ecommerce brand Alura to $500k in just three years. In our chat, we discuss: How she started the business ...

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION How do companies like UiPath, KPMG, and Deutsche Telekom onboard new employees? Through gamification. Chambr is a digital platform used in 22 countries for community bu...

Ionut Vlad is the founder of TokiNomo. TokiNomo is an in-store advertising solution that uses robotic displays to increase engagement and sales. In this conversation, Ionut shares his journey creating Tokinomo. For example, h...

Taking calculated risks can often lead to great rewards if done correctly. In this chat with Alexandru Anghel, co-founder of Solo, Alexandru shares journey from management consultant to startup founder. To begin, Alex quit hi...

How can you empower working moms and bootstrap a platform? After facing initial rejection from investors, she bootstrapped a platform with her own money that provides resources and a supportive peer community to empower worki...

I chat with Dragoš Duse and Diana Andritchi, co-founders of medtech startup Synaptiq. Synaptiq creates software solutions based on AI for improving medical devices, with one tool using revolutionary software to separate cance...

Diana Florescu is the founder of Media Growth. In this episode we learn about Diana's journey as an entrepreneur and her current project Media for Growth which involves exchanging equity for media assets. Plus, hear about the...