Techtalk

Techtalk

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  • Episode 12: Krisztina Orosz on OCR Technology, Company Culture and Woman Leadership

    Krisztina has been working as Chief Experience Officer at Anyline since 2016, a SaaS startup that is scaling fast.

    After completing her management and finance studies, Krisztina entered the world of startups in Vienna, being passionate about promoting innovation and creating opportunities for young entrepreneurs, especially female entrepreneurs.

    She has been involved in numerous incubator and mentoring programs in Austria, including Techmakers weXcelerate and The Ventury.

    What you'll hear about in this episode:

    1. What is a Chief Experience Officer
    2. Insights about working at Anyline
    3. What Anyline does
    4. How it helps different industries
    5. Challenges the company overcame at the very beginning
    6. The difference between selling B2B vs B2C
    7. What Series A fundraising is like
    8. Tips on choosing the right VC investor
    9. Coping with changes during the pandemic
    10. A perspective on the Eastern European Startup Scene
    11. The importance of gender blend for a better future
    12. This is a great conversation, enjoy it, and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast

      1 hr 1 min
    13. Episode 11: Sveatoslav Vizitiu and How Gamification Helps Fight Obesity

      Sveatoslav Vizitiu has more than 14 years of experience within the technology industry, with a focus on UI/UX design and programming, currently concerned about innovating healthcare and tackling the major issues of this environment by producing meaningful interaction between the ecosystem stakeholders.

      He is the co-founder of Wello, an artificial intelligence platform in nutrition for overweight kids who can change the way families understand and relate to their health.

      In 2019 he became a member of the Centre of European Policy Studies as a Foodtech Expert.

      Sveat is also the winner of EIT Health StarShip, where he proposed a digital solution in the sports medicine field that helped the medical team to get a visual overview of their athletes’ health status and create personalized prevention programs.

      What you'll hear about in this episode:

      1. Insights about entrepreneurship
      2. How to overcome a problem you have - building a startup
      3. Wello - AI platform that fights obesity
      4. How to use gamification to improve the health of your child
      5. The paradox of European Funding
      6. A cool experience at Google for Startups Accelerator
      7. The importance of funding
      8. Insights on food from Centre of European Policy Studies
      9. Enjoy the talk and remember to subscribe to the podcast. :)

        48 min
      10. Episode 10: Andrei Roth On Removing The Robot Out Of The Human

        Andrei is the Director for Special Projects at UiPath. A Robotic Process Automation company with Romanian origins. He is leading cross-department and cross-geography strategic projects at UiPath, together with a brilliant team of professionals that aim to improve the current aspects, but always with a glance into the future to be prepared for upcoming challenges.

        His first role in UiPath, was to lead the team building the UiPath Transylvania Campus in Cluj-Napoca. As of April 2020, he joined the Strategy team, and now he is working on key projects with company-wide reach.

        Andrei has always been passionate about innovation. He graduated from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business with a Bachelors of Science Degree.

        He is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute Romania Young Leaders Program and the Founding Curator for the Global Shapers Hub in Cluj. He is also the co-founder of Innoteque - the leading innovation policy event in Romania.

        What you'll hear about in this episode:

        1. A retrospective on the startup scene
        2. How working in such a fast growing company feels like
        3. The importance of values a company is built on
        4. What RPA is
        5. How you can get into the RPA scene
        6. UiPath Program for Start-ups and Scale-ups
        7. How to build a sustainable ecosystem in a country that has potential
        8. Some ideas on compulsory ingredients for the change needed in Romania
        9. Enjoy the conversation and remember to subscribe to the podcast. :)

          1 hr 18 min
        10. Episode 9: Diana Florescu on Venture Building and Corporate Innovation

          Diana is Head of Marketing at Rainmaking, a global innovation firm using the power of entrepreneurship to build and transform business with the world's leading corporations and startups. In her role, she oversees the company's branding and digital marketing activities across ten countries. Previously she led the global marketing of Startupbootcamp, one of the world's largest network of accelerators investing in technology startups.

          In 2016 she founded Local Spoon, an innovative solution to food waste offering delicious surplus food from restaurants, cafes, and food markets to enjoy at half the regular price. She ran partnerships with brands such as the Taste of London and won the Lloyd's Banking People's Choice Award pitching in front of innovators such as Tata, PayPal, and many other ventures.

          She holds a BA in Marketing Communications from UoW and a Master's Degree in Technology Entrepreneurship from UCL.

          What you'll hear about in this episode:

          1. Differences in marketing between East and West of Europe.
          2. Marketing tactics for early stage companies to generate traction.
          3. What is Venture Development?
          4. How Venture Development works?
          5. About corporate innovation budget dynamics.
          6. Enjoy the talk and remember to subscribe to the podcast.

            1 hr 30 min
          7. Episode 8: Paul Brie And The Evolution Of The Tech Market

            Human, dreamer, coder, believer in the magic of technology and the CEO & Co-founder at TeleportHQ.

            Paul has spent the past 25 years in the digital world as a coder, entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. For the past five years, he has focused his work on corporate innovation as a member of the SDL innovation team, Head of Moqups Enterprise, and as Head of R&D at Evozon of which teleportHQ is a spin-off.

            He leads the Spherik Accelerator and is a proud co-founder of the JSHeroes community and JSHeroes International Conference.

            Paul builds networks and ecosystems capable of generating interdisciplinary idea collisions, helps tech teams to transform their innovative ideas into products and promotes cross-sector collaboration.

            What you'll hear about in this episode:

            • How TeleportHQ automates UX creation
            • How Big Data Can Be Use To Improve Business Processes
            • How Paul Brie Plans To Disrupt The Market
            • TeleportHQ's biggest challenge
            • Machine Learning and User Experience
            • What EU Fundraising is like
            • The Investment Scene In Romania
            • Building an Ethical Tech Startup
            • The Future of The Tech Market
            • Enjoy the talk and don't forget to subscribe!

              41 min
            • Episode 7: Andrei Nagy On Artificial Intelligence And Blockchain Tech

              He is the Head of European Sales at AlphaBlock from where he engages with collaborative multidisciplinary innovation teams across various businesses and domains to socialize, prototype and deploy new intelligent distributed assets and services using AlphaBlock’s General AI blockchain validated solutions.

              Andrei had strategic roles in private, corporate and government enterprises to enable platforms and services for payments, banking, telcos, smarter cities and central government by driving a culture of innovation, developing and delivering disruptive technology.

              He was building and supporting teams that developed, rapidly incubated, and managed to scale digital platforms that delivered value in areas like Digital Transformation, process automation, Cognitive Computing (AI, ML), Blockchain, IoT and advanced data analytics.

              What you'll hear about in this episode:

              • What Alphablock is
              • How Blockchain Helps The FInancial Market
              • The Importance Of Frameworks In FinTech
              • Why Romania Is A Good Choice For Their Headquarters
              • How North America Facilitated The Birth of Modern Fintech
              • Why We Need A Framework For Innovation
              • What Eastern Europe Needs To Encourage Innovation
              • Overall Differences In Tech Markets All Across The Globe
              • How Romanian Startups Can Go Global
              • Thank you for listening and don't forget to subscribe to our podcast!

                50 min
              • Episode 6: Catalin Briciu And Alex Dorin On How We Can Build Simple Software

                This episode is hosted by Valentin Maior.

                Valentin is the CEO of Techmatch, a company that connects clients with vetted software experts from Eastern Europe, individual consultants and full project teams.

                Valentin is passionate about helping people grow themselves and their businesses by using his life, tech and business expertise. A software developer for over 10 years, manager and business developer with great communication and sales skills, he helps entrepreneurs reach higher levels.

                He is interviewing a Alexandru Dorin Bogdan and Catalin Briciu.

                Alexandru and Catalin are co-founders at Linnify. At Linnify they say that it is the place where new ideas grow and shape the future for the better. Simplifying life through innovation each day.

                What you'll learn about in this episode:

                • Who Alexandru And Catalin Are
                • What Their Early Career Looked Like
                • How Linnify Began
                • What Their Company Culture and Work Enviornment Is Like
                • The Importance Of Values When Running A Good Team
                • Dealing With Your Direct Competitors
                • Maintaining A Good Work Enviornment During The CoVid Crisis
                • Other Projects Alexandru And Catalin Built Together
                • Tools They Build And Tools They Use
                • Budgeting Your Product
                • Enjoy the conversation and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast!

                  1 hr 7 min
                • Episode 5: Adrian Magdas On Crafting Good Software For Even Better Products

                  This episode is hosted by Valentin Maior.

                  Valentin is the CEO of Techmatch, a company that connects clients with vetted software experts, individual consultants and full project teams from Eastern Europe.

                  Valentin is passionate about helping people grow themselves and their businesses by using his life, tech and business expertise. He has been a software developer for over 10 years, manager and business developer with great communication and sales skills, he helps entrepreneurs reach higher levels.

                  He is interviewing a local technical co-founder, Adrian Magdas.

                  Adrian is the CTO and Co-founder at Crafting Software. He is speaker, trainer and local community leader regarding functional programming languages. Having more than 11 years of experience under his belt, he architected solutions using a wide range of technology stacks in fields like high performance trading solutions and online education.

                  Words like husband, dad, and geek are words that best describe Adrian.

                  What you'll learn about in this episode:

                  • How Crafting Software Was Built
                  • How Adrian Progressed Throughout His Career
                  • What It's Like To Be Outsourced from Sillicon Valley
                  • Switching From Your Own Products To Outsourcing
                  • Insights On How To Build Valuable Products
                  • How To Create A Healthy Work Enviornment
                  • What Newcomers In The Tech World Need To Keep In Mind
                  • Tips On Navigating The Tech Market
                  • Enjoy the conversation and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast!

                    58 min
                  • Episode 4: Alexander Stoica On How To Do Marketing And Business Development

                    Everybody wants to know but nobody wants to be. The word that best describes Alex. At 15 years old, he launched a project called "Insignus" a promotional swag company. That was his pocket money project in highschool. On this project he developed skills on how to talk with clients, how to properly use emails, how to address weird and awkward situations, how to negotiate, how to identify opportunities and many other soft & hard skills.

                    Now at 23 years old, he is a Forbes 30 under 30 alumni, GSEA TopStupreneur in Europe, Thiel Fellowship finalist, JAEC Grand Champion and many more.

                    When he’s not working he’s running at local competitions and doing obstacle-course-running training for Spartan Races.

                    What you'll learn about in this episode:

                    • What ProductLead is And How It Can Help
                    • How You Should Analyse Your Competition
                    • What Working With Influencers Is Like
                    • How Automation Can Help Your Marketing Processes
                    • Trend In Marketing
                    • Trends in Ecommerce
                    • Why International Clients Matter
                    • How The Startup Ecosystem In Romania Looks Like
                    • Enjoy the talk and thank you for listening.

                      41 min
                    • Episode 3: Razvan Voica On The Alternative Education System In Computer Science

                      He is a leader with over 18 years of IT industry experience, a strong HR background and major expertise in driving projects related to human growth, organizational and operations development.

                      With a diverse career path, he migrated from an automated systems programmer to a web programmer to hold exclusively managerial positions. He has been involved in both national and multinational organizations.

                      Razvan Voica is passionate about technology and leadership. He is a mentor and the CEO and Co-founder of the non-formal IT education platform that he launched together with his friends almost six years ago.

                      What you'll learn about in this episode:

                      • The Importance Of Informal Education
                      • Why (And How) To Build Communities
                      • How Role Models and Mentors Matter
                      • Problems In And Solutions For The Public Educational System
                      • What The Perfect Classroom Should Look Like
                      • What The Trends Are In The Tech Maret
                      • Outsourcing, The Tech Market, Education, and Our Economy During The CoVid Crisis
                      • Prospects For The Future Of The Tech Market
                      • Enjoy the talk and thank you for listening.

                        1 hr 17 min

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                      Techtalk is a conversation platform about the CEE tech startup ecosystem, with a focus on Romanian technology entrepreneurs, innovators, and experts and their exciting journey of how they got to where…