European Startup Newsletter - Innovators Can Laugh
Innovators Can Laugh
Ionut Vlad is the founder of the amazing in-store robotic advertising displays TokiNomo. If you haven’t seen these yet, these displays sing, dance, and talk to store shoppers in a fun and engaging way.
In our chat, Ionut recounts how he and a group of entrepreneurs had two weeks to create 30 prototypes for a beer company. Working all night and day, they managed to get the job done with the help of a carpenter friend and some quick solutions from a shoemaker friend.😂
Tokinomo has had success with pilot and full-fledged campaigns, such as one involving a Heineken beer bottle and another called Maggie's Singing Pot which has gone and has had over 1 million views on social media.
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or other player here.
Funny Clip
Nicole Caba, the founder of Avvinue – the first pet travel booking engine, shares how some dogs are not allowed on certain airlines. See clip.
Innovators in Bucharest
I’m hosting another Innovators in Bucharest cocktail event! 🥳
It will be on Monday, March 27th at 5:30pm. If interested in attending, let me know. Would love to see you there. Just send me a note at eric@innovatorscanlaugh.com and I will send you the details : )
Some Fav Quotes
🍊 “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
📙 “Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
Aristotle
Funny Tweet
The End
I’m getting back into shape!
I decided enough with the covrigi (Romanian pretzel), drinking wine every night, and walking around with a couple of extra kilos. So, I started running again. Nothing crazy, just a couple of kilometers every other day. And also started intermittant fasting two days a week. So far I’ve dropped 1 kilo and have 2 more to go. If anyone enjoys running here in Bucharest, let me know. Maybe we can jog together.
This week has been one of my busiest. I hosted two personalization workshops, was a guest on three different podcasts talking about personalization, and had several potential partnership calls. We’ve really put our foot on the gas at OptiMonk 🦶🚗
To kickin some butt!
Eric M.
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