According to the books, creating a new Romanian company should take no more than 10 days. Of course, that's the theory, and then there's ... practice!
It has taken us more than 6 weeks, probably because it was our first time (!), certainly because we are foreigners (?) and not always available/present to comply with the never-ending administrative and legal requirements. Anyway, we are proud to announce that we finally obtained the certificate of registration of RomAdvice Consulting SRL on November 13, 2006!
More details on the website...
Christian.
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
RomAdvice website goes live!
The creation of RomAdvice will take us a few more weeks (see follow-on messages), but already since the end of September do we have business cards, and more recently a short company profile.
So it was about time that we got our website up and running: www.romadvice.com is available and live as of October 12. The company profile can also be downloaded in electronic format, directly from the front page.
The RomAdvice Team.
So it was about time that we got our website up and running: www.romadvice.com is available and live as of October 12. The company profile can also be downloaded in electronic format, directly from the front page.
The RomAdvice Team.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Report on our first visit to Romania: September 23-30
As originally published on ecademy, on October 4 (ecademy members may check out the original thread here).
No question at all that [our first visit to Romania] was a tremendous success. Apart from the obvious advantage of spending a week in Filip's company (and learning to build, deal, share, drink, eat, live together), it was mostly like a week-long advertisement for social networking!
Hard to believe, but we were picked up at the airport on Saturday by someone we had never even seen before. He did drive 2.5 hours to come and pick us up (!), and then drop us off at our hotel in town... Adrian came back later in the evening to have dinner and show us around.
Hard to believe, but by Sunday evening we had met with half a dozen people (oh my god, what did we eat a lot -- up to three Sunday brunches in a row, we have been sitting at the same table for nearly 5 hours!) and had follow-on appointments with business people and administrations during the week. All this from people we had never met before.
Hard to believe, but on Wednesday we were invited to present to the Director General of a State Administration, and subsequently to introduce two value management proposals for state-owned companies to be privatized. And this from people that never even heard of us until last week.
Hard to believe, but one of our new and precious contacts found us a room in paradise at a moment that all hotel rooms in and around town were fully booked by the Summit of Francophone countries. Dominic, who arranged this for us, is a topnetworker, of course.
We came home with plenty of images of a country with incredible potential, great people, and a grand future. We came home with plans already to go back, to visit and revisit, meet even more people, truly start exploring the business perspectives, go to the countryside (not for leisure), nurture our new network.
We came home with loads of enthusiasm (although very tired, I have to admit), a warm feeling in our hearts, the energy to work our way into this promising country & business opportunity, ...
Filip & Christian.
No question at all that [our first visit to Romania] was a tremendous success. Apart from the obvious advantage of spending a week in Filip's company (and learning to build, deal, share, drink, eat, live together), it was mostly like a week-long advertisement for social networking!
Hard to believe, but we were picked up at the airport on Saturday by someone we had never even seen before. He did drive 2.5 hours to come and pick us up (!), and then drop us off at our hotel in town... Adrian came back later in the evening to have dinner and show us around.
Hard to believe, but by Sunday evening we had met with half a dozen people (oh my god, what did we eat a lot -- up to three Sunday brunches in a row, we have been sitting at the same table for nearly 5 hours!) and had follow-on appointments with business people and administrations during the week. All this from people we had never met before.
Hard to believe, but on Wednesday we were invited to present to the Director General of a State Administration, and subsequently to introduce two value management proposals for state-owned companies to be privatized. And this from people that never even heard of us until last week.
Hard to believe, but one of our new and precious contacts found us a room in paradise at a moment that all hotel rooms in and around town were fully booked by the Summit of Francophone countries. Dominic, who arranged this for us, is a topnetworker, of course.
We came home with plenty of images of a country with incredible potential, great people, and a grand future. We came home with plans already to go back, to visit and revisit, meet even more people, truly start exploring the business perspectives, go to the countryside (not for leisure), nurture our new network.
We came home with loads of enthusiasm (although very tired, I have to admit), a warm feeling in our hearts, the energy to work our way into this promising country & business opportunity, ...
Filip & Christian.
Friday, September 22, 2006
The Making of RomAdvice - Part 2
As originally published on ecademy, on September 18 (ecademy members may check out the original thread here).
Three fellow ecademists -- Christian De Neef, Luc Geukens, and Filip Hamerlinck -- are just starting up a new venture: RomAdvice. As you probably know, Romania is accessing the EC as a full member on January 1st, 2007, and RomAdvice is all about ensuring Romanian companies' success in the European marketplace...
We're new, we're young, and we didn't know each other until very recently. Nevertheless, we're confident, we know we have the capability, and initial reactions are very encouraging! How come? It's partly because we are seasoned consultants -- we combine 45 years of consulting & management experience! -- but it's mostly thanks to Social Networking. That's where ecademy comes in: without the power of networking, the capability to accelerate relationship-building, the opportunity to find -> connect -> meet with new people very fast & efficiently, RomAdvice would not have happened. Certainly, it would not have launched within such a short timeframe!
So, What does RomAdvice have to offer? We aim to be a Full Service Provider: from high-level strategic thinking to delivery of actual (measurable) results! We're a Pure Play Consultancy: independent (and proud to be), we will only work with the best (both in Business and IT), relying on our network (ecademy and beyond). We will be based in Bucharest, but with a strong foothold in Brussels, capital of the EC.
Back to the networking... Would you know of any Romanian business needing to gear up for success in the European marketplace, or otherwise any business wanting to establish base in Romania, please let us know! Would you have ideas as how to best organize & present our activity in support of Romanian companies gaining access to the European marketplace, or should you be aware of the cultural issues that we will face when dealing with Romanian companies, please let us know! Would you be willing to join the network, offer your services, be part of the story, please let us know! Replies in this thread or e-mails to RomAdvice.
Thank you,
Filip, Luc, Christian.
Three fellow ecademists -- Christian De Neef, Luc Geukens, and Filip Hamerlinck -- are just starting up a new venture: RomAdvice. As you probably know, Romania is accessing the EC as a full member on January 1st, 2007, and RomAdvice is all about ensuring Romanian companies' success in the European marketplace...
We're new, we're young, and we didn't know each other until very recently. Nevertheless, we're confident, we know we have the capability, and initial reactions are very encouraging! How come? It's partly because we are seasoned consultants -- we combine 45 years of consulting & management experience! -- but it's mostly thanks to Social Networking. That's where ecademy comes in: without the power of networking, the capability to accelerate relationship-building, the opportunity to find -> connect -> meet with new people very fast & efficiently, RomAdvice would not have happened. Certainly, it would not have launched within such a short timeframe!
So, What does RomAdvice have to offer? We aim to be a Full Service Provider: from high-level strategic thinking to delivery of actual (measurable) results! We're a Pure Play Consultancy: independent (and proud to be), we will only work with the best (both in Business and IT), relying on our network (ecademy and beyond). We will be based in Bucharest, but with a strong foothold in Brussels, capital of the EC.
Back to the networking... Would you know of any Romanian business needing to gear up for success in the European marketplace, or otherwise any business wanting to establish base in Romania, please let us know! Would you have ideas as how to best organize & present our activity in support of Romanian companies gaining access to the European marketplace, or should you be aware of the cultural issues that we will face when dealing with Romanian companies, please let us know! Would you be willing to join the network, offer your services, be part of the story, please let us know! Replies in this thread or e-mails to RomAdvice.
Thank you,
Filip, Luc, Christian.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
The Making of RomAdvice - Part 1
Whilst the idea of starting a company in Romania had been around for a while, it was only by the end of the summer that three fellow ecademists -- Christian De Neef, Luc Geukens, and Filip Hamerlinck -- decided to give it a try. As such, the conception of RomAdvice can be placed somewhere in the second half of August 2006.
Following a series of internal meetings to define overall approach, high level strategy, intended positioning on the marketplace, etc., initial ideas were tested with representatives of the UNCJR on August 31. The UNCJR -- Uniunea Nationala a Consiliilor Judetene din Romania -- in Brussels represents the interests of the Romanian counties at the European Community. More than just a validation of our ideas, this first meeting also allowed establishing valuable contacts for the future, especially in Argeş, Braşov, and Vâlcea counties.
During the month of September, individual meetings with Romanian representatives in Brussels continued, the decision was taken to organize an exploratory visit to Bucharest and some of the above counties; we also found a Belgian partner that would eventually help us with the administrative and other requirements for setting up a company...
The dates for our first Romanian trip were decided: September 23-30, the same week as the Sommet de la Francophonie, which we didn't know when making our travel arrangements of course! ;-)
Continued below,
Filip, Luc, Christian.
Following a series of internal meetings to define overall approach, high level strategy, intended positioning on the marketplace, etc., initial ideas were tested with representatives of the UNCJR on August 31. The UNCJR -- Uniunea Nationala a Consiliilor Judetene din Romania -- in Brussels represents the interests of the Romanian counties at the European Community. More than just a validation of our ideas, this first meeting also allowed establishing valuable contacts for the future, especially in Argeş, Braşov, and Vâlcea counties.
During the month of September, individual meetings with Romanian representatives in Brussels continued, the decision was taken to organize an exploratory visit to Bucharest and some of the above counties; we also found a Belgian partner that would eventually help us with the administrative and other requirements for setting up a company...
The dates for our first Romanian trip were decided: September 23-30, the same week as the Sommet de la Francophonie, which we didn't know when making our travel arrangements of course! ;-)
Continued below,
Filip, Luc, Christian.
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