Andrew Wrobel

September 12, 2023
Regional Leadership — innovative Moldova with Dumitru Alaiba

“Moldova is no longer just a consumer of technologies. We are now a nation that exports and generates technologies"

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September 10, 2023
the Last word: Celebrating good people

Director Agnieszka Holland’s latest film, The Green Border, is not to the liking of Poland’s ruling party.

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September 3, 2023
the Last word: Selling a region to the world

A lack of awareness about a specific location can be a real obstacle to investment, and for the firms already located there, to international growth.

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August 25, 2023
Świętokrzyskie — hard to pronounce, easy to do business in | Sandomierz

I took part in a panel discussion exploring the export potential and trade opportunities for food processing companies in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, and using innovation and sustainability as a value proposition. It was a part of the 9th edition of the conference organised by the Marshal's Office of the Świętokrzyskie...

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August 15, 2023
Sustainable Impact — AI for start-ups with Hotball.ai’s Maksym Nagara

Maksym Nagara, the founder and CEO of Hotball.ai and the founder and leading consultant of Bezmezh.Consulting, talks with Andrew Wrobel about how the firm’s solution can help start-ups understand strategy and plan better. 

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August 13, 2023
the Last word: Emerging Europe’s future is digital 

Since the beginning of this year, Emerging Europe, in partnership with Microsoft and PwC, has been running a regional discussion series aimed at increasing resilience and perseverance. Here are some of my takeaways. 

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August 11, 2023
She’s Next with Nataliia Ievtushenko and Svitlana Chyrva 

"It's really great to feel that your experience, your advice helps someone to grow or just to realise themselves, to achieve results or even to build a relationship with someone. It's important not only for the mentee but also for the mentor."

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August 9, 2023
She’s Next with Michelle Simmons 

“I measure myself on how I'm helping people in my organisation to achieve their career goals."

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August 4, 2023
She’s Next with Dan Baxter

“There's been a lot of positive discussion and some positive progress when it comes to gender equality around the world, […] but I think clearly there's much more to be done to truly ensure the level of equality that we all aspire to and I think men have to play...

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August 2, 2023
She’s Next with Silke Horáková

“When we started in 2018, […] it was really to try something new in the region and in our country [of Czechia]. It was about convincing investors that impact investing is something valid and has a future. That it’s worthwhile to invest for financial returns, and doing something good for...

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August 1, 2023
Success and Failure — IT and software business with Oves Enterprise’s Mihai Filip

Mihai Filip, the founder and CEO of Romania-based Oves Enterprise, and also a serial entrepreneur, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about why he set up a software engineering company and how he found his niche in that rapidly developing sector, how he continues to innovate on a daily basis and provide value...

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July 30, 2023
the Last word: Ukraine’s entrepreneurial women

A new initiative from the European Institute for Innovation Technology (EIT) wants to recognise the innovation of female-run Ukrainian businesses.

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