We sat down with Dr. Victor Iancu, Experience Design Lead at KPMG, to talk about Customer Experience and how it drives your business. Q1:  How can we define “Customer Experience”? “Customer experience” accounts for the whole of a client’s interactions with an organization, its products or services over the lifetime of their relationship, and beyond it. So the… Read more »

Startup Spotlight will announce its winners on the last day of the event, after 2 very intense days of pitching, feedback and mentoring, which will be bringing together startups, investors, consultants, accelerator programs reps and fund managers. Startup Spotlight 2018 is organized with the support of KPMG Romania. The prizes include: 50,000 EUR investment check offered… Read more »

We sat down with Ana Maria Andronic, Head of IP Practice and Technology and Cristina Bucur, Counsel Corporate M&A representing DLA Piper Romania, Legal Infrastructure Partner of How to Web 2018, to talk about impact of early legal counsel for startups. Q1:  Why doing it so early? At DLA Piper we have seen few start-up founders… Read more »

Elrond Network is joining How t Web 2018 as Blockchain Partner. They are hosting a very cool Roundtable on the 1st day of our conference – if you’re interested in Blockchain, you definitely should not miss it.Elrond is also supporting our Best Blockchain Startup prize for Startup Spotlight competition, which offers the equivalent of 10.000 €… Read more »

If you want to learn more about entrepreneurship, Marius Ursache is the first person you should ask. His vast experience in this field comes from being a co-founder of four companies. Starting with Grapefruit and finishing up with Metabeta, Marius Ursache is nowhere near settling down to a regular job. Being an entrepreneur is a passion for him, and that is… Read more »

Revolut is planning on taking on the world with their mobile-only approach to financial services. Their Head of Business Development, Andrius Biceika, believes that mobile-first services and products are the next big thing. Andrius is also the co-founder of Salesclub.it, an exclusive community for professionals and C-level executives. Since Andrius made us the honor of being one of… Read more »

Julian Lukaszewicz is the Business Design Lead at Fjord. He has vast work experience in the Business Design field which he gained by traveling and living in seven countries from four different continents. Apart from using the power of design to help businesses grow and products sell at Fjord, Julian is also going to be one of the speakers… Read more »

Innovation is essential for companies to stay relevant. Although many agree with this statement, there’s still the question ‘how can big companies become innovation engines?’, a question that until recently had no clear answer. ‘The Corporate Startup’ is a playbook that provides just that – a proven methodology for building a culture of innovation. We… Read more »

Whether you’re a startup founder or an investor, I’m sure that you’ve heard the name Radu Georgescu dropped in a conversation at least once. And that’s because Radu is one of the OG Romanian entrepreneurs, having started his career back in 1992 when Romanian startups were but a myth. Some of Radu Georgescu’s successful exits… Read more »

Hiring the very first employees to join your startup is a nerve-wracking experience for any startup founder, especially since many think that the dream team is what makes the difference between a successful startup and a startup that will eventually fail. That is why the team of an early-stage startup is that much more important…. Read more »

In early January 2018, GapMinder Venture Partners announced it was open for business, targeting to invest EUR 26m in early stage technology companies in Central Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on Romania’s developing tech scene. The fund is led by Dan Mihaescu as Founding Partner, a well-known investor in a number of high tech start-ups with a deep knowledge of… Read more »