We have decided that pouring some champagne on it is required. On Bucharest Hubb that is.

That’s why, on the 4th of March we are throwing a party to celebrate the opening of the first business accelerator for online startups in Romania. Access is free for members, partners and people on process of becoming members. If you are not in one of these categories and didn’t receive a private invite, you can join us with a PARTY PASS. The passes will participate in a raffle and one guest will win a month of free trial at Bucharest Hubb.

We have a limited number of party passes (50) for those who want to come and you can ask for yours by email at contact[at]bucharesthubb.com or by phone: 0727566986, until 3rd of march, 14.00.

The party will take place at Bucharest Hubb, on 21st, Stelea Spatarul St. We will inaugurate the Party Room on this occasion.

While we were brainstorming about making Bucharest Hubb “a place of choice” for Romanian online community, we realized that even the people involved in the club’s logistics must enjoy spending time there. Thus, our goal is to have as little employees as possible to operate Bucharest Hubb. That’s because usually employees feel compelled by working hours, labor agreement and most likely they will call it “work”.

So, our solution for having passion and fun amongst the people who contribute to Bucharest Hubb functioning is to empower them and let them be creative.

Would you fancy being a member of the Bucharest Hubb? For free? Keep reading! :)
We need 9 persons that want to help us voluntarily with specific activities such as: attracting new members, PR, internal events, retention, referrals and partnerships. Such activities require 2 up to 3 hours a day for someone that is already involved in a personal project or even a job.

We prefer people with marketing and communication experience that can work independently and are natural born enthusiasts. Being in online industry is a must, just like for all members of the club.

If you want to help us out with the logistics of the Hubb, we would be more than happy to offer you free membership throughout your activity here. Just drop us a line as soon as possible at cristina[at]seedmoney.ro, on our twitter account or on our Facebook page.

Last week we launched an online poll in order to get some insights about the value and the sources of learning among internet entrepreneurs.
First of all, we want to thank all of you that answered our questions, it was quite a big group! And now we want to share with you the results so that we all can learn and improve where it’s needed.

About 80% of those who took the survey were entrepreneurs, the rest of 20% being related to online business with different jobs/occupations. Most entrepreneurs that participated in the survey have 1 to 3 years of experience in this role.

So, we found out that online entrepreneurs love free internet resources and 98% percent use these to acquire knowledge and information. That’s not a surprise, but let’s look further: 83% are reading books and 54-56% go to conferences/seminars and read magazines and newspapers. Who said internet people don’t read? 25% get knowledge through a personal coach.

Knowledge is valued in terms of money spent monthly under 100 euros by the majority of the respondents. Most of them spend between 10 and 50 euros a month for knowledge and information (38%).

How about results? 62% place responsibility of their success on the knowledge and information that they acquired at a certain moment.

So much for the past. We are interested in the future so we asked what are the domains in which they are willing to invest time and money to expand their knowledge. The first choice was about entrepreneurship and starting a business and second the ability to manage people. Entrepreneurs place finance and IT skills at the end of their list.

Speaking about the structure of the information or the manner in which knowledge is delivered, our respondents stated that they would rather attend workshops and webinars thand going to offline courses or using books or CDs. Note that a bigger percent of entrepreneurs would like coaching one to one (56%) compared to the number that actually uses this form of learning (25% observed previously in a chart).

We hope you’ll find this information useful.



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Just a year ago we lunched Seedmoney, the first Romanian angel investment fund for start-ups. We are happy and excited because we did change something in the investment mentality here, in Romania – the fact that entrepreneurs should still have the majority after a seed round of investment.

And because we are so grateful to all those who have helped us, please accept our big thank you! We are grateful to:

- all entrepreneurs who accepted us as partners in their projects (there are 7 projects);
- all our Twitter followers, Facebook fans and blog readers for giving us the opportunity to share information and our knowledge with them;
- all those who wrote in their magazines, on their websites, blogs and tweeted about us, because no one would have known about us without them;
- all those who invited us to their events and gave us the opportunity to share our vision and our experience with their audience;
- all entrepreneurs who want to make online businesses, because without their courage we wouldn’t have had any business;
- all those who recommended us to their friends in order to invest in their projects, because they trusted us;
- all those who have the same purpose as we – to support the online community of entrepreneurs.

So, I really want you to feel how excited we are that you exist!

In the next year, we are committed to support the community of online entrepreneurs with knowledge, network, experience and money.
So, if you are not yet in our community, we invite you right now to become part of it. Follow us on Twitter, join our fan page on Facebook and read our blog.

Happy birthday, dear fellows!