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Radu Georgescu, Founding Partner & Chairman GECAD Group, will participate in the first Venture Mentoring session of 2013: “The expansion of a company to international business markets“, held on 6 February, from 15.00 at the Post-Privatization Foundation. 2012 was a very full and productive tear for the Venture Connect Foundation with launching new programs of interest for entrepreneurs and investors as well: Venture Mentoring, bi-monthly mentoring sessions and AngelConnect.ro, online community of business angels bringing together members from Romania and SEE.

The Venture Mentoring program involves bi-monthly meetings with a mentor brought by the Venture Connect Foundation. The mentor meets with entrepreneurs who need answers and solutions to business problems they face. The issues proposed for debate are diverse, and last year alone the meetings centered around topics such as business development, product development, marketing and communications, intellectual property and other details about the financing and exit.

The project started in March 2012 in an effort to support the entrepreneurial community throughout the entire year and to resolve immediate business problems participants put forth. In each session, in a friendly and relaxed environment, entrepreneurs can present their project and the questions they might have, with the aim of receiving specific advice for a sustainable growth of their company.

“I mostly appreciate Venture Mentoring as the program has a simple format and it is focused on direct results, possible solutions and networking. This is the second session I will mentor and wait with great interest to take up elaborate questions with the hope of finding immediate solutions for the proposed business issues faced by entrepreneurs in general“, says Radu Georgescu, Founding Partner & Chairman GECAD Group.

In 2012, there were 12 Venture Mentoring sessions, with over 100 attending companies in Bucharest and in the country. For more informations on the meeting scheduled for 6th February, please visit the event page: http://www.ventureconnect.ro/events/venture-mentoring/.