Michael Goldberg is the assistant professor of design & innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, and creator of the popular MOOC Beyond Silicon Valley. This month on Beyond: The Podcast, Goldberg explores the challenge & opportunity of starting a business in a country like Macedonia where risk-taking is frowned upon.

Episode Notes:

Guest include:

* Jovan Stalevski:  https://mk.linkedin.com/in/jovan-stalevski-69b2586a (https://mk.linkedin.com/in/jovan-stalevski-69b2586a)

* Elena Stojanovska:  https://mk.linkedin.com/in/elenastojanovska (https://mk.linkedin.com/in/elenastojanovska)

* Vladimir Robevski: https://mk.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-robevski-0765b41a (https://mk.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-robevski-0765b41a)

* Steven Koltai: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-koltai-09a78a1 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-koltai-09a78a1)

Music in the episode was performed by Stihovno Vojuvanje

Helpful links:

* Beyond Silicon Valley MOOC: https://www.coursera.org/learn/entrepreneurship-development (https://www.coursera.org/learn/entrepreneurship-development)

* Weatherhead School of Management: https://weatherhead.case.edu/ (https://weatherhead.case.edu/)

* CEFE Macedonia: http://cefe.mk/ (http://cefe.mk/)

* Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies - The Macedonian Story: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0JI8OUspNBLCXVYwVnKV_SndXVUsqsA (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0JI8OUspNBLCXVYwVnKV_SndXVUsqsA)

Contact Michael Goldberg:

* Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

* Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MGCleve (http://www.twitter.com/@MGCleve)

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyondsiliconvalley (https://www.facebook.com/beyondsiliconvalley)