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Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: Web 3.0 & Social Dancing, Romania Emerging

ReadWriteStart

Today, Timisoara Software Business Incubator , led by Executive Director Radu Ticiu, brought on an entrepreneur to pitch, giving us a window into the Romanian startup scene. Of course, the significantly lower cost-structure in Romania helps a lot. We simply offer our services as an extension of the incubators' existing programming.

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AI Houses & Reverse Mentors

Start Up Blog

Although we only worked together formally for a short period of time, we’d meet for coffee once a week and eventually started a software company together – rentoid.com. The Stranger from Romania – Raul Oaida – was my co-conspirator in creating the world’s first ever drivable lego car.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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12 Questions: Meet Emanuel H?rd?u? (Transylvania, Romania)

crowdSPRING Blog

Emanuel lives and works in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania. I’m 34, I am a graphic and motion designer, I live in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania, with my fiancee, Luciana, which I love very much and I hope we’ll get married soon. What software and tools do you use? 12 Questions: Meet Dana (Romania).

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. This reminds me of one of the most unbelievable vestiges of communist Romania: the so-called “Department for the Betterment of the People”.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

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How to find the right cofounder

NZ Entrepreneur

My first startup was a web based software system for the hostel industry, and I had limited technical experience. I thought I could do everything myself and outsourced the development to a company in Romania through a freelancing website – big mistake! I’ve had this problem myself.