Sign-ups for Business Mentoring Program 2012 have started!

With the support and experience of the MIT Center for Entrepreneurship professors, the business mentoring program, performed at an MBA level, will begin its first workshop in January 2012.

Brought for the first time in Romania in 2010 by the Post-Privatization Foundation, with the support of Entrepreneurship Ventures Inc. (USA), the program perfects and improves managerial abilities to consolidate their respective businesses in a sustainable way. By going through all the evolutionary stages of a business, Romaian entrepreneurs have the opportunity to benefit from the experience of top mentors from the MIT Center for Entrepreneurship : Kenneth Morse, Laura Morse and William Aulet.

Alongside the three mentors from the MIT Center for Entrepreneurship, participants will take part in five intensive training sessions spread over the course of six months. The courses will be centered on key aspects for developing a solid business : sales strategies, marketing, creating action value for operational excellence, leadership and financing for development.

The program is thought on a level of exigence and preparation suitable for an MBA and especially addresses already established entrepreneurs, executive directors and management teams of Romanian companies, together with companies from neighbouring countries (such as : Hungary, Ukraine, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia).

The number of places on the program is limited. Enrolment is conditioned by filling in an application form available at www.businessmentoring.ro and will remain open until January 6th 2012. Further information on the Business Mentoring Program, on workshop timetables and on ways to participate can be found on the same website. The first workshop of the program will take place on the 18th and 19th of January 2012 in Bucharest.

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  • Who should apply?

    Entrepreneurs with ongoing businesses and developing projects in the IT/Internet/Technology areas who are in search of more than EUR 250,000 for expansion capital.

    Together with GECAD Group, we are launching a new funding opportunity for startups in the fields of software, web, technology and ecommerce. The seed investment grated through VentureConnect starts with EUR 50.000 for each session.

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  • Application Process

    Close to Cluj? Select VentureConnect Cluj button on the homepage. Send your application form by October 2nd. VentureConnect Cluj is organized on 12th of October. Attendance is free of charge.

    Close to Timisoara? Select VentureConnect Timisoara button on the homepage. Send your application form by October 7th. VentureConnect Timisoara is organized on 19th of October. Attendance is free of charge.

    Interested in coming to Bucharest directly? Select VentureConnect Bucharest button on the homepage. Send your application form by November 15th.

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  • Testimonials

    Călin Ştefanescu, CEO TJobs, advises Romanian entrepreneurs: The first event held in June 2010 was an excellent initiative, with well selected entrepreneurs offering a balanced choice of local and international potential.

    Stefan Cordier, from Lime&Tonic believes: "I was thoroughly impressed with the organization of the event, the caliber of investors present, and the great ventures presented by the entrepreneurs. We had lots of follow-up meetings with investors & left with very positive feelings that we will close additional investment. Well worth the trip.

  • Eligibility Rules

    This autumn, VentureConnect announces two local meetings: in Cluj-Napoca on 12th of October and in Timisoara on 19th of October. The two VentureConnect local editions are a selection for the final competition in Bucharest, on 23rd November.

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  • Venture Connect is an initiative of: Biris Goran