I have read it in New York Times and I found it really interesting. Ok, I have to admit that not all the cases apply to Balkans and especially to Romania, but I think that you will agree with me that the main idea is correct. My company is considered small – medium too, I face the same problems like this guy in the article and while talking with hundreds of people here, I almost NEVER heard them taking into consideration any of all these. As a general comment, most people in the Balkans (including Greece) still consider that business means: “How much do I buy, how much do I sell? The margin is [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]“If you don’t trust me,just change your lawyer”!
Disappointing a collaborator and “bamboo girls” The price for this commercial space was “less than 500.000 euro”. Then (when we appeared with the client) the Real Estate agent representing the owner considered that it was the time he expected so as to purchase a new Bentley, thus he increased the price to “1.000.000 euro negotiable” (he was so stupid, that he was discussing this with almost everyone he knew…). I can imagine him, dreaming… “as the stupid Greeks came with the cash, I will blackmail them, get extra money from both sides, buy this Bentley I’ve been dreaming of and then [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Romania 2009 – 2010Drawing the next investment successon a black colored canvas
Part 2 (for part 1, please press here ) (“Eurobuild” magazine has asked my opinion regarding Romania and a general idea about my predictions for 2010. This is what I sent to them, it was published in the beginning of October). The business environment was difficult in the last 2 years… Yes. Almost everyone had become arrogant and seemed to forget the meaning of the words “money” and “respect to clients”. Unjustified fees were asked, salaries were very high, while productivity levels were not at all equivalent. Sellers were unimpressed, no matter how much money somebody [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Romania 2009 – 2010Drawing the next investment successon a black colored canvas
Part 1 (“Eurobuild” magazine has asked my opinion regarding Romania and a general idea about my predictions for 2010. This is what I sent to them, it was published in the beginning of October). July 2009: “Why to waste our precious time in countries like R o ma n i a?” “Romania. Ha! Romania… does this country still exist?” An arrogant English gentleman was sitting across the table, full of happiness for the moments of pleasure he was enjoying. “So, Ilias, you didn’t tell me… what happened to all the arrogant property sellers today? Those who were eager to steal the [...]
[relevant-to-adsense](Back on writing…)Can you imaginethe Romanian version of “Kitchen Nightmares”?
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Oct 26, 2009 @ 5:21 PM
Was it because of the rice with prawns and… strawberries that I tasted? Or because of the good sleep I had (eventually), after so many tensed weeks? Or finally was it because of the big number of stories I have prepared and new things I feel like writing and sharing with you? I don’t know the real reason, maybe it was a combination of all these. But the result is one and clear: I regained my mood to describe to you all that I live here in Romania every day and week, mood that I had partially lost over the last period. The problem was combined together with the break of my [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]The Germans and Americans are returning to RomaniaGermanii şi americanii revin în România
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Oct 23, 2009 @ 9:54 AM
Unfortunately, the number of Romanian companies participating in these events is very small. ” ExpoReal Munich is a fair to which business is done. MIPIM Cannes is a fair where is good to be seen “, summarizes in a single sentence describing the two events Jean Herskovits, Development Manager of Project Bucharest, one of the two Romanian companies that had a booth at the exhibition in Germany. Lidl Collaboration More Real Estate and Project Bucharest shared the same exhibition space,thing which , Jean Herskovits says, has brought a greater number of visitors for both companies. [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]The investors lost their interest in real-estateInvestitorii şi-au pierdut interesul pentru imobiliare
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Oct 23, 2009 @ 9:44 AM
Only five foreign companies have shown interest to invest in real estate in Romania this year, at Expo Real Munich, one of the largest property exhibitions in Europe, compared to over 142 investors interested in 2007, said Tuesday the CEO of consulting company. “If in 2007, there were 142 foreign investors interested in the real-estate sector in Romania, in 2008 their number dropped to 35 invesetors, so as this year, at Expo Real Munchen, one of the biggest real-estate fairs in Europe, only 5 companies showed interest in this sector. Romania does not present interest [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]The real-estate investors are running away from RomaniaInvestitorii imobiliari fug de România
Filed Under: Uncategorized on Oct 23, 2009 @ 9:39 AM
Romania was interesting when the properties in the rest of the Europe were expensive Foreign investors are not interested in Romania as the prices of the properties are too high compared to Western Europe where prices have adjusted considerably from 2007. At Expo Real Munich, one of the largest real-estate fairs in the world this year were just 5 investors interested in Romania, unlike previous years, in 2007 it was a total of 35 investors, and in 2008 – 142 “said in a press conference Ilias Papageorgiadis, CEO of More Real Estate Services. The company participated with Project [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]
Few days ago, on Tuesday, I had presented to you an interview of Mr Gavin Ryan, an expert in Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. As far as I understood from your feedback, this subject was really interesting for you, as the official information about this segment is really limited. This is why I decided to address to Mr Ryan again, summing some of your questions and adding some new ones. This domain is really interesting and I think that it worths to know ... 
