Author: Octavian Patrascu

11-Dec-2018

How One Becomes a Real Estate Investor

US News published an interesting article on the mental and financial preparation you would need in order to be called a real estate investor. I have carefully read it and, as I have a good track record of real estate deals, I will try to...

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05-Dec-2018

Rumors about Crisis: What We Do Know for Sure

The rumors about crisis have started to take shape: Romania might enter a recession – “technical” for the time being, that is two quarters without economic growth – in the second part of next year or in 2020, according to the chief economist for Central...

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29-Nov-2018

Stock Exchanges Timeline

The economic history helps you understand the present much better. For instance, you cannot realize why bank loans are a capitalization method more problematic than the risk capital, for startups, if you don’t know that the Dot Com Bubble and the 2007 Crisis have dramatically...

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26-Nov-2018

Japanese Business Dictionary

Last summer, Japan and the European Union signed a historic free trade agreement, regarding food products, cars and long lasting development products, among other things. There is a new ambassador in Bucharest and we do no longer need a visa for the short term trips...

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24-Nov-2018

A startup’s growth stages

No matter how incipient it might be, any business called startup goes through a series of stages until it reaches maturity. Once I have defined it as a venture initiative looking for a business model, the most natural classification of the stages has to do with the type of financing.

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