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? A “trend setter” of our times… I read about the Greek, European and world economy since I was 12, back in 1987. I have read thousands of articles about all kinds of subjects, having noticed or studied success stories or major failures. In the middle [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]What did Dr. Nouriel Roubini reply to me about Romania: “Romania has the potential to attract Foreign Direct Investments”
It 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 journalist, replying to questions and analyzing countries, problems, economic issues and their impact in the world of properties and investments. You can watch it here: “What about Romania?” The official speech ended and then it was [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]MIPIM buzz: How do investors think? What is the investment environment we live in?
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? Today I have chosen for you some discussions and articles about exactly this topic: The investors. All these happened at MIPIM of course. “Potential investors go toe-to-toe in this entertaining project showcase. Are the business angels buying?” How do you convince an investor [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]MIPIM buzz: 5 European stories that worth your attention
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 for us to get familiar with their approach about countries and cities in general. “Are Polish cities the new Spanish cities?” This story sets a question regarding the dynamism of Poland and the potential of its cities. When I am telling you that all people [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]Too bad you can not be here with me, at Cannes, to share 5 experiences of mine…
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 with plenty of important experiences. Too bad you can not be here with me, to live what I live, to hear all I hear and to realize how different are things in reality, than what you consider… Today I decided to share with you 5 of these experiences. I hope that they will be useful to you, helping [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]“Flying properties” are always a hot trend
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Part 2 of the post: An “almost millionaire” and an upset collaborator… (To read part 1, please press 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 lake? You told us that it is located close to Baneasa Mall” you may ask me… Correct, this is what I told you, as this was my information. But it seems that the property… jumped to the west, so as to reach a lake! (You know… “flying [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]A Romanian musician by Croisette, the Georgian Labor code and more…
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 from Brasov!) That night I was in my… talkative mood, so when I spotted a musician close to Dior shop, I headed to him. It proved out that the musician was in mood for talks too. “Buna seara, ce faceti, domnule?” I [...]
[relevant-to-adsense]MIPIM 2010. Lesson no.3The European map of Real Estate investments:Where is Romania located nowadays?
On Thursday morning I did not follow my brother to the exhibition. I finished my breakfast and I went up to the 4th floor, to my room, at Splendid hotel. “Ilia, imagine how big the crisis is… a simple man like you managed to find a room there, without paying a very high price for it” my friends Giannis had told me. He was right, but I should also take advantage of this small luck too. I opened the window and filled my lugs breathing fresh air. The sun had started his trip to the sky and the port of Cannes was looking amazing. With a wonderful sea as background, hundreds of yachts were tied by [...]
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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 ... 
