Introduction While doing our scouting and mapping processes, we gather various news, updates, events, opportunities and many other topics of interest related to the startup ecosystem. Part of the Startup Ecosystem Radar, we prepare this information in a digestible form … Read More
Author Archives: Andrea Erdo
Techsylvania 2021. Explore Today. Innovate Tomorrow.
Starting from this year’s motto, “Explore today. Innovate tomorrow.”, we can utterly agree that this edition of Techsylvania has created the space for its participants to not only learn technical and practical skills through the several workshops, but also find … Read More
How to pitch your project at hackathons
Based on my involvement as participant, mentor, jury member or organiser in 40 hackathons and similar events in Europe, over time I’ve taken notes on how to prepare better when you want to pitch your idea/project in front of the … Read More
How was this year’s kick-off for the Romanian startup ecosystem
Although 2021 just started, the Romanian startup ecosystem has been rocking the scene ambitiously. Through our monitoring, in the last two months, we gathered several exciting updates related to the startup world and its activities. With the aim to keep … Read More
2020 – the Year of Angel Investments in Romania
The business angel investor community in Romania is a growing and vibrant network that brings together entrepreneurs and investors to help pre-seed and seed startups in the developing and growing process. Based on the increased activity we monitored this year, … Read More
Trends and startups in urban mobility and transportation in Romania
One of the biggest perks of living in the 21st century is represented by having access to a well defined and diverse transportation system providing freedom and mobility for all, enabling us to have direct access to various places regarding … Read More
Managing your Startup Finances
For every business, startup or corporation, money is its lifeblood. If you run out of it, then the business dies and there is no chance going back from that point. This article is based on Kirsty Nathoo’s YC Startup School … Read More
Let’s talk about pricing
When it comes to pricing, a lot of startups treat it more as a math problem, but in reality, pricing is a combination of marketing, psychology and of course, economics. This article will reflect on some common mistakes, it will … Read More
Personal questions to ask yourself at the beginning of every new startup idea
Along the years, I’ve been involved in 6 startups from the beginning, meaning idea level and team forming. While being quite enthusiastic about various ideas, it was easy to jump towards implementation. We were focusing on the idea validation, business … Read More
Overview on accelerators and startups programs (January to July 2020)
In last month’s overview article we focused on venture capital and fundraising news, so in this one we shortlisted the news related to startup programs and accelerators for the period of January to July of 2020. We found more than … Read More
