Author: Octavian Patrascu

25-Apr-2019

Three things to test and maintain in HR: hard skills, soft skills, and motivation

The quality and efficiency of an employee mainly depend on their professional qualifications, but the modern human resources theory refers to this only through a partial term, namely "hard skills". In terms of evaluations and professional management, these “hard skills” are supplemented by a range of...

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28-Mar-2019

How to build your pitch deck

According to several studies, the average American has an attention span of 8 seconds, and that probably applies to you, too. This fact has proven highly problematic for some industries, but as an entrepreneur, things are not so grim.

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25-Feb-2019

Investing in a startup: How I make the decision

It seems that we read a story about some new, exciting startup every single day. And many of those entities that shape the way we live our lives (Amazon, Uber, Facebook) started out in garages, dorm rooms, or studio apartments as dreams. And for the...

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04-Feb-2019

Alternative Investments (I): Art, Gold, Wine

If the investments in shares, bonds or bank deposits seem boring to you, then you should have a look at the so called alternative investment market, which can be very roughly described as being everything that does not fall under the categories above. Maybe, in...

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28-Jan-2019

7 Things Everyone Should Know about Start-ups

Still feeling nervous about starting your own business? Here are general things you should (or already do) know about the startup scene: 1. The development cycle of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP – in simpler words, something close to a prototype) may take up to three...

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