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Building a Successful Entrepreneurial Community
First, congratulations to Dirk van Meer who recently got engaged!
Dirk van Meer is co-founder of Core Changemakers. 5 years ago Dirk got together with 3 friends with the idea of creating a student team that focuses on a sustainable economy. Fast forward to today, there are 160 students who have joined and they are working on innovative projects like reducing battery fires and recycling solar panels!
In this conversation we talk about:
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the importance of creating a supportive and inclusive environment for like-minded individuals to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another.
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the challenge of choosing between pursuing financially lucrative opportunities and staying true to the mission and values of a community
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how certain traits associated with autism can be leveraged as strengths in entrepreneurship
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overcoming challenges, showcasing the resilience and determination required to build and sustain a successful startup ecosystem
🎙️📺 Catch the interview on Spotify, Apple, or other platform.
Innovators Can Laugh Cocktail Party
(Plus media & resource recommendations from attendees)
Amazing night this week as I had a chance to meet some really interesting and innovative people here in the Buch (see video). In addition to sharing what we like to eat for breakfast, we also shared is a book, podcast, movie or TV show we recently shared. Here are a few of them:
Books:
- (Alin Rosca) Disciplined Entrepreneurship by Bill Aulet
- (Andrei Stoica) The Little Prince
- (Marina Rosu) Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia
- (Monica Zara) Jobs to be Done by Bob Moesta, Demand Side Sales 101, Learning to Build
- (Oana Erimia) Almanack of Naval Ravikant
- (Madalin Staniu) Man Who Solved the Market & Exceptional Selling
TV/Movies:
- (Adrian Gheorghe) TV show "From," which can be found on HBO Max
- (Monica Zara) anything from Marvel - favorite character - Iron Man
- (Raluca Apostol) MotoGP on Prime and Avenue V on HBO Max.
- (Andrei Stoica) Ahsoka, a Star Wars mini series
- (Marina Rosu) The Foundation Series on Apple TV
- (Oana Erimia) Hijack with Idris Elba & Poisened: The dirty truth about your food
- (Sorin Balan) Pain Killer, The Defiant Ones & White Lotus (HBO)
Special thanks to Miriam Constantin for allowing me to hose the event at the wonderful V7 Studio. 🫶
▶️ If you would like to sponsor or attend my next cocktail party, send me a note. I’d love to hear from you!
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🌮 If you can…
Recommend a fun family friendly restaurant in Bucharest that has outdoor seating and kids play area, you can be featured in this section. Sera Eden, Guava, and Mercato Kultur don’t count since I already visit these places. : )
On the upside…
The End
What a fantastic week!
Got to meet some amazing people and help open doors
I’m invited to be a host of the Tech Transfer event at How to Web
now have 7 podcasts under the ICL Podcast and Newsletter Media umbrella
Marina Rosu is the winner of the cool wacky inflatable guy (you can still help me help you by answering this one question)
had a great interview with the founder of Influencer Capital that invest in B2C start-ups with influencer marketing (podcast interview to be released in October)
and even had a Porterhouse steak and cigars with Andrei Stoica, Gregoire Vigroux, Richard Peers, and Ralph Parisot! 😃
Have a fantastic weekend!
Eric M.
