Yesterday I shared with you my dialogue with DR Nouriel Roubini, one of the most famous economists of the world. I asked him about Romania and Greece. It looks like this was the first time (since quite… some time) that a respectable well known “opinion maker” spoke about Romania using positive words. Who is he? ..
Read moreIt was Thursday morning. After the first two days of MIPIM, everyone’s interest was focused on Dr. Nouriel Roubini, the famous economist who was about to speak in the Grand Auditorium of Palais de Festivals. His speech was very interesting indeed. Instead of a cold monologue, he was having a dialogue with a well known ..
Read more Posted Mar 13, 2011 in Business environment, Real estate, Real Estate Adventures / Lessons from Exhibitions, Real estate analysis 0
We keep on talking about investors, whom we expect to return in Romania. We hope that they will come soon, in order for the market to unblock and restart. But do we ever try to “enter in their shoes”? Do we care to understand how they think, approach business and finally decide for an investment? ..
Read more Posted Mar 12, 2011 in Business environment, Real estate, Real Estate Adventures / Lessons from Exhibitions, Real estate analysis 0
Hello from Cannes! As MIPIM continues dominating the discussions of all property experts around the world, today I decided to share with you 5 interesting stories about parts of Europe. You see, in order to understand the situation in Romania and the way the foreigners look at the country, I consider that it is important ..
Read more Posted Mar 10, 2011 in Business environment, Real estate, Real Estate Adventures / Lessons from Exhibitions, Real estate analysis 0
Hello to everyone from Cannes. MIPIM, the no.1 Real Estate exhibition of the world, enters on Thursday, the last of the “hot days”. There is Friday as well, but 95% of the work is done during the first 3 days here. This MIPIM was different than 2010, a bit better. But it also provided me ..
Read morePart 2 to read part 1, click here An excellent property, for a… house! He was not a bad person too. On the contrary, he was open to discuss with me, presenting to me documents and trying to structure his arguments based on the fact that the property has opening to the lake. "Lake? What ..
Read more Posted Mar 25, 2010 in Business environment, Events, Real Estate Adventures / Lessons from Exhibitions 0
Memories from Cannes, MIPIM 2010, part 1 A Romanian musician on Croisette Boulevard… It was Wednesday night when I was walking with my brother Grigoris and some good friends of ours on Croisette boulevard. Two years ago a Romanian colleague of mine noticed that almost all the musicians performing at Croisette are… Romanians (and usually ..
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