Society
Economy, politics and Romania seen by an entrepreneur.

The War Next Door: What It Means for Entrepreneurs
Three weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine: people and refugees first, then what the war means for businesses and what entrepreneurs can do right now.

Vaccines, Trust and Fake News: A Lesson in Communication
Not a medical article, but one about trust: why vaccine fake news spreads faster than the truth and what good communication looks like, for institutions and for businesses.

Solidarity in a Crisis: What Communities Got Right
Neighbours shopping for the elderly, volunteers, restaurants cooking for doctors and customers saving their corner café. What communities got right in the first months of the pandemic, and what is worth keeping.

Working from Home Becomes the Norm: What We Gain, What We Lose
Six weeks into enforced remote work, an honest assessment of what we gain, what we lose and who risks being left behind, plus practical advice for managers and employees.

Algorithms and Us: Who Decides What We See Online?
I built personalisation technology, so I know what algorithms look like from the inside. On feeds, outrage, filter bubbles and how we can take back control of what we see.

Doing Business in Cyprus vs. Romania: Red Tape, Taxes, People
A few months into life in Limassol, an honest comparison of doing business in Cyprus and Romania: the state’s attitude, labour taxes, language and people.

Overnight Tax Changes Are Killing Business
An entrepreneur can adapt to almost any tax, as long as they know about it in advance. What hurts business isn’t the tax level, it’s rules changing overnight.

What a Fair Society Means to an Entrepreneur
Predictable rules, competition on merit, taxes that come back as public services and zero tolerance for corruption. My personal manifesto on what a fair society means for people who build businesses.

Digital Romania: why the state is ten years behind its people
Romanians pay, shop and talk online, yet the state still sends them to the counter with paper files and rubber stamps. What a digital state would look like and which small fixes would change a lot.