I realized I joined Republic in early 2018, and I have used that time to invest in a few of companies. This was just one of the ways I managed to beat the accredited investor limitation in the US, ...

Since coming to the US in 2016, I’ve had on and off attempts to get back to public speaking, with some webinars, virtual events, but not podcasts. So when Ciprian from MorphL – the AI platform for...

Yeah, it happened. I managed to get to the great palindromic age of 33. Some people imagine their lives as adults when they are still kids, how their lives would look like. For me, it wasn’t that...

Empowering people is hard. Imposing an opinion, solution or direction might seem like an easier way in hard times. Spoiler alert: it’s not. When you’re starting out a new role or a new project, o...

A few of my friends called me out because I raised the alarm with my previous post of freedom. They said I didn’t offer any specific solutions about how to defend your freedom in democratic regimes...

Freedom For the first time in decades, our freedom is under threat again. This time, it’s not even a human-made one, but a virus that’s infecting people at an accelerated rate. Governments around...

Yes, this a rant about creative energy. I’ve been traveling for work and personal reasons for the past few months, on and off. Sometimes close by, sometimes far away. I’ve also had a very intense, ...

Yes, you. I’m talking to you, the one that wants to win at everything. If it helps, I’ll admit I’m one, too, although this post is a way of toning down that overly competitive self that can drive t...

Over 10 years ago, when I started my professional career, working as an individual contributor, I couldn’t wait to become a manager. It sounded so cool – to have a team, to lead, to create strategy...

At the end of last year, I did two massive retrospectives for Romanian IT (2019, and since inception) and a personal one. For the personal retrospective, it was the second time in a row when I did...