Start Up Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Stranger from Romania – Raul Oaida – was my co-conspirator in creating the world’s first ever drivable lego car. This became a global viral sensation. And I’m calling it now – it will be a global viral sensation. He truly led me to becoming an author and technology commentator.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

My family was also Jewish (my father’s father fled Jewish oppression in Romania and his mother from the Ukraine) so in fact I am Jewtino. Non-Arab muslims alone represent > 2x the entire US population and globally all Muslims are 1.6 But childhood sure didn’t feel that way. billion or 23% of the world population.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 29, 2020

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) Eric Ries : You're originally from Romania, right? 18:06) The tech that powers the site. (19:22)

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor the Dutch outperform the EU big five in terms of early stage entrepreneurial activity.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 24, 2013

In 2010, Cristian and Mircea arrived in Vancouver from Romania to start a new company. This program is sure to raise Canada’s profile within the global technology community, sending a signal to the best and brightest that we’re open for business. The initiative was inspired by the immigration struggles of the talented Summify team.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

UK, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. The Global Gender Gap Report is a fabulous example how to solve this problem. Bonus: In the spirit of government data, I’ll be remiss if I did not share with you three examples of interactive scatter plots from Our World in Data (produced by the University of Oxford). Cyprus and Ireland.

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