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Office Hours Product Marketing

Written on May 20, 2021.

Are you looking for help in how to market your startup efficiently?

Apply now for a 1-to-1 session with Andra Zaharia, a Content marketer for cybersecurity companies, and Irina Scarlat, Builder on leave, Uber & Revolut Alumna, taking place on Thursday, May 20 between 11:00 – 12:30.

What’s it about?

Andra & Irina will each have 3 slots of 30 minutes where you can ask questions and get feedback about:

The product marketing funnel

Figuring out positioning

Go To Market strategy

From product-led growth to hypergrowth

Ongoing customer development

Who is Andra?

Andra Zaharia helps cybersecurity companies crush clichés with content that breeds fans and fuels growth. She brings over a decade of digital marketing expertise focused on startups and scaleups, half of which she spent in the cybersecurity industry, acting as a bridge between technical pros and business leaders.

She builds content systems that drive organic growth while developing teams, processes, and the strategies to guide them. When she’s not fighting infosec marketing BS, she talks to high performers about their decision-making process for her podcast, ‘How do you know?’.

Who is Irina?

An entrepreneur at heart, product marketer & team builder, Irina Scarlat has 12+ years of business experience, 10 of them in tech. She spent the last 3 years with Revolut, where she joined as Country Manager for Romania in early 2018 and grew the local market from 20k to almost 1.5M users. She then built Revolut’s growth machine, led the growth teams in CEE, and, later on, their Global Growth department, shaping Revolut’s growth journey from 1M to 15M users globally.

Before joining forces with Revolut, she has been leading the marketing efforts of Uber in Romania, shaping the local strategy and working on strategic regional projects & initiatives. During her time at Uber, she launched 3 cities, scaled the market to 1M users, and built the marketing team from scratch.

She is a global citizen that has been living, studying & working in seven cities across Europe and the United States, she speaks four foreign languages, and she’s also the mom of a hyperactive toddler

Registration

Applications are opened by May 19 at 14:00.

After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the guest. You will receive a final confirmation of your reservation 1 day before the event with the logistical details of joining the Zoom call.

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, founders, marketing, Office Hours, Open Hours, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

Office Hours w/ Microsoft for Startups

Written on February 24, 2021.

If you are a B2B tech startup, you can benefit from the Microsoft for Startups program: from technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel.

To find out more, apply now for a 1-to-1 office session with Alin-Vlad Badilita, Startup Program Manager at Microsoft, taking place on Wednesday, February 24, between 11:00 – 13:00.

Alin is a startup growth enthusiast with a passion for innovative technologies, marketing, and developing business opportunities for small companies with big ideas. With over 11 years of digital experience, 6 of which in startups, he managed to play different roles in several organizations – from business development, project & product management to event management, digital marketing, and strategy.

He is highly experienced in working in online ventures and always checking the market’s pulse for new players, tech stacks, and strategies that can be molded and adapted to optimize processes and improve workflows. Advertising background and entrepreneurially educated by local and international founders, he advocates for innovation in legacy systems, remote work and a fintech promoter in the local ecosystem.

The Office Hours

Alin will be able to help access one or more of the program benefits:

Customized Go-To-Market plan → tailored to your business
Commercial Marketplace Portal → helps you reach customers and monetize your products and services.
Co-Sell program → A worldwide enterprise sales force paid to connect your solutions to their accounts
Technical enablement → free Azure cloud & technical consultancy

Applications are opened by February 23 at 18:30.

After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the program, and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation one day before the event with the logistical details of how to join the call.

About Microsoft for Startups

Microsoft for Startups is a comprehensive global program designed to support startups as they build and scale their companies. Whether you’re looking to build your first application, land your first customer, or scale to a million users, Microsoft is here to help. From technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, we’re invested in your success: https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/benefits/

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, founders, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

Office Hours w/ Orange Fab

Written on October 28, 2020.

If you a tech startup interested in the Orange Fab program or are interested in starting a collaboration with Orange, apply now for a 1-to-1 office session with Monica Obogeanu, Startup Programs Manager at Orange Romania, and Bogdan Ștefănescu, Product Manager at Orange Romania, taking place on Wednesday, October 28, between 10:00 – 12:30.

About the guest

With more than 10 years’ experience in the tech startups ecosystem, Monica facilitates Orange’s relationship with innovative startups through the Orange Fab corporate accelerator. A Computer Science graduate with a passion for building products, she worked in startups in roles like software tester of product manager and has led multiple startup support programs.

Marketing graduate with a passion for technology, Bogdan has over 9 years of experience in telecom and is specialized in sales, project, and product management. Since 2019 he is a Product Manager in the B2C Marketing – New Business team, where he manages and develops platforms for value-added services, cloud, mobile security, and complimentary services, as well as facilitates the interaction with the Orange Fab startups.

About the Office Hours

Monica and Bogdan will be able to help you with:

More information about the Orange Fab program
Figure out if you can find a potential collaboration with Orange

Applications are opened by October 27 at 14:00.

After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the program. You will receive a final confirmation of your reservation 1 day before the event with the logistical details of how to join the call.

About OrangeFab

Orange Fab Romania is a corporate startup accelerator, conceived to support entrepreneurs in developing innovative products and help them distribute both locally and globally

This startup program is looking for startups in Romania with mature innovative products that improve people’s lives and set the trend on how people will live in the future. The startups receive mentoring and access to the latest communication technology to further develop their projects, support in testing the products in real-life scenarios, and access to the Orange distribution network to further expand their business.

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, founders, Office Hours, Open Hours, orange fab, startup, startups, tech events, techhub bucharest

Office Hours w/ Microsoft for Startups

Written on September 16, 2020.

If you are a B2B tech startup, you can benefit from the Microsoft for Startups program: from technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel. To find out more, apply now for a 1-to-1 office session with Sergiu Pop Startup – Program Manager at Microsoft taking place on Wednesday, September 16, between 10:00 – 12:30.

About the guest

As Startup Program Manager at Microsoft, Sergiu is working with key startups ecosystem players in Romania and helps startups as they build and scale their companies. Sergiu has more than 11 years of experience in managing teams, projects and processes in challenging environments and more than 15 years of experience in marketing. Before joining Microsoft, Sergiu was Marketing and Communication Manager at Xerox Romania, working closely with the Romanian channel partners to digitally transform their business. He has been developing and implementing marketing strategies and tailor made campaigns across the entire distribution cycle (vendor, distributor, reseller, end-user), delivered over 100 trainings andworkshops, 50 events designed.

About the Office Hours

Sergiu will be able to help access one or more of the program benefits:

Customized Go-To-Market plan → tailored to your business
Commercial Marketplace Portal → helps you reach customers and monetize your products and services
Co-Sell program → A worldwide enterprise sales force paid to connect your solutions to their accounts
Technical enablement → free Azure cloud & technical consultancy

Applications are opened by September 15 at 14:00.

After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the program and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation 1 day before the event with the logistical details of how to join the call.

About Microsoft for Startups

Microsoft for Startups is a comprehensive global program designed to support startups as they build and scale their companies. Whether you’re looking to build your first application, land your first customer or scale to a million users, Microsoft is here to help. From technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, we’re invested in your success: https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/benefits/

We prioritize enterprise technology, or B2B, startups who can best serve our customer base and will benefit most from the program. New member applicants are evaluated using the following criteria:

Offering an innovative technical solution that supports customers in their digital transformation
Less than seven years in existence
Less than $25M in total annual revenue
Seed, Series A, B, or C stage (or validated equivalent)

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, founders, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, Q&A, startup, startups, tech, tech events, techhub bucharest

Office Hours w/ Microsoft for Startups

Written on August 19, 2020.

About the guest

workshops, 50 events designed.

About the Office Hours

Sergiu will be able to help access one or more of the program benefits:

Customized Go-To-Market plan → tailored to your business
Commercial Marketplace Portal → helps you reach customers and monetize your products and services
Co-Sell program → A worldwide enterprise sales force paid to connect your solutions to their accounts
Technical enablement → free Azure cloud & technical consultancy

Applications are opened by August 18 at 14:00.

About Microsoft for Startups

Microsoft for Startups is a comprehensive global program designed to support startups as they build and scale their companies. Whether you’re looking to build your first application, land your first customer or scale to a million users, Microsoft is here to help. From technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, we’re invested in your success: https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/benefits/

We prioritize enterprise technology, or B2B, startups who can best serve our customer base and will benefit most from the program. New member applicants are evaluated using the following criteria:

Offering an innovative technical solution that supports customers in their digital transformation
Less than seven years in existence
Less than $25M in total annual revenue
Seed, Series A, B, or C stage (or validated equivalent)

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, founders, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, Q&A, startup, startups, tech, tech events, techhub bucharest

Office Hours with Professionals

Written on November 20, 2019.

Need some help to understand more about the marketing experimentation mindset and how to set up a proper marketing funnel depending on the type of the product you are developing? Then apply now for a 1-to-1 mentoring session with Gabriela Bejan, Founder & CEO of Digital Tailors Agency.

About the guest

Gabriela Bejan, CMO with 6+ years of experience in the tech industry, worked with tech accelerators and developed marcom strategies for tech products from various industries. Currently, she’s running Digital Tailors, a product marketing agency helping tech startups and companies grow.

Her work with startups includes things such as:

Product marketing for startups
How to scale your business through growth marketing services
Talk about the first A/B tests you should run to find out what marketing channels work for you
Understand more about the marketing experimentation mindset and how to set up a proper marketing funnel depending on the type of the product you are developing

The Schedule

Our guest will be around on Wednesday, November 20, between 11:00 and 15:00.

There are 5 slots available (40 minutes each) that you can apply to. After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the mentor, and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation by email.

We recommend these 3 steps to make the most out of this meeting:

Check out all the details about Gabriela .
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in maximum 5 minutes
Prepare to talk about you’re current marketing strategy (if there is one), and how you’re planning to do this job in the future.

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, founders, growth marketing, marcom, marketing, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

Office Hours with Investors

Written on October 29, 2019.

Are you looking for early-stage funding for your startup? Apply now for a 1-to-1 session with Cristian Munteanu and Dan Calugareanu, Partners at Early Game Ventures.

About the guest

Cristian Munteanu is the Founder and Managing Partner of Early Game Ventures, a tech entrepreneur with a marketing and creative background, a Certified Professional Scrum Master I, a PhocusWright scholar, a skydiver, wingsuit flyer, BASE jumper, Porsche fan, anime lover, Starcraft player.

Dan Calugareanu is a Managing Partner at Early Game Ventures. Humble, curious, open-minded, enthusiastic. Ask for hard work and respect. Always happy to work in a team, as a team. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, E-commerce, Business Development, and Entrepreneurship.

The Schedule

Our guests will be around on Tuesday, October 29, between 10 AM and 2 PM.

There are 5 slots available (40 minutes each) that you can apply to. After the registration, a selection will be made based on the best compatibility with the investor and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation by email.

We recommend these 3 steps to make the most out of this meeting:

Check out all the details about Cristian & Dan and Early Game Ventures.
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in maximum 5 minutes
Prepare to talk about why you are looking for an investment right now and why you are a suitable candidate for an angel investment!

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, founders, Founders Only, Investment, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

Office Hours with Professionals

Written on October 10, 2019.

Need help for your startup to figure out how to get the most significant return in terms of branding, exposure, and community building for the time, energy, and know-how invested in organic growth through content marketing? Then apply now for a 1-to-1 mentoring session with Andra Zaharia, Freelance Content Marketer.

About the guest

Andra Zaharia has been working in digital marketing for over a decade. Her current focus is on helping startups and established companies achieve organic growth through competitive content strategies. She’s a firm believer in ethical marketing tactics that enable companies, their customers, communities, and partners to thrive.

Her work with startups includes things such as:

helping them find the right positioning for the audience they’re targeting (and understanding who their customers are)
identifying which of their assets (product-related or brand-related) they can leverage to differentiate themselves in the market
prioritizing their content efforts based on their resources so they can establish a strong presence on the channels their customers prefer (e.g., building a website that really shows the value of their product/service, figuring out which social media channel to focus on, etc.).

The Schedule

Our guest will be around on Thursday, October 10, between 14:00 and 18:00.

We recommend these 3 steps to make the most out of this meeting:

Check out all the details about Andra.
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in maximum 5 minutes
Prepare to talk about why you are looking for an investment right now and why you are a suitable candidate for an angel investment!

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

Office Hours with Catalyst – SG EBS External Accelerator Program #2

Written on September 4, 2019.

SG EBS is looking for innovative startups to join the external accelerator program! Apply now for a 1-to-1 discussion to find out if your company is a good fit on August 29th at TechHub Bucharest.

About the session

You will be meeting with the innovation team who acts as an enabler & driver of innovation within the organization, to discuss more about your fit in the Catalyst program. What are we looking for:

You have proven knowledge in the area of expertise in
- Candidate smart experience – Customized platform to increase the quality of exchange between EBS and the professional community in order to attract more candidates for the company. As the main features, it should include learning opportunities, career recommendations, referral of candidates, all trough gamification.
- Knowledge hub – Lessons learned information system with complex query options such as semantical, predictive, natural language and network graph view.
- Smart document processing – Intelligent solution to reduce the time for scanning, recognition, classification of documents and storage of employees digital files
- Early resignation prediction – A solution for identifying and predicting employee disengagement that could lead to resignations by leveraging sentimental analysis and artificial intelligence
You have at least one small product developed within your start-up
Your start-up can sustain a full product development (including infrastructure and support model) to be purchased by SG EBS in case of successful MVP within Catalyst Program
Your startup is registered as a company in Romania

About Catalyst

CATALYST start-up accelerator program embodies collaboration and innovation. This platform connects SG EBS (Societe Generale European Business Services) to Romanian start-ups, to harmonize the expertise.

How does your start-up benefit from the program?

CATALYST is a comprehensive 10-week program wherein the selected start-ups get to work on our theme-based Business challenges with guidance, coaching and mentoring from SG EBS’s experienced subject matter experts on Business areas.

With the enriched interaction, remuneration, it’s a good opportunity to test, iterate and scale your product or solution with a real scenario.

Based on the demo day outcome at the end of the 10 weeks, potential engagement with Societe Generale for the full solution implementation and long term collaboration could emerge. The MVP belongs to the start-up and if successful, is considered for full application development to be purchased by SG EBS from the start-up.

Societe Generale European Business Services was founded in 2011 to be the shared service center for Societe Generale Group and delivers high added value services in various fields of activity for worldwide entities of the Group (finance/ accounting, procurement, human resources and IT). The mission of the innovation team is to act as an enabler & driver of innovation within organization. Innovation complements Continuous Improvement and focuses on implementing new technologies and new ways of working in order to enable transformation strategy and solve complex, non-standard business challenges to ensure customer satisfaction.

The Schedule

Our guests will be around on Thursday, August 29th, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. There are 4 slots available (30 minutes each) that you can book online here. After the registration, a selection will be made based on best compatibility with the accelerator and you will receive a final confirmation of your reservation.

To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:

Check out all the details about Catalyst
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in the shortest possible time frame
Write down a list of questions you’d like to get answered

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, community, founders, Investment, meet-up, meetup, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

Office Hours with Catalyst – SG EBS External Accelerator Program

Written on August 29, 2019.

SG EBS is looking for innovative startups to join the external accelerator program! Apply now for a 1-to-1 discussion to find out if your company is a good fit on August 29th at TechHub Bucharest.

About the session

You will be meeting with the innovation team who acts as an enabler & driver of innovation within the organization, to discuss more about your fit in the Catalyst program. What are we looking for:

You have proven knowledge in the area of expertise in
- Candidate smart experience – Customized platform to increase the quality of exchange between EBS and the professional community in order to attract more candidates for the company. As the main features, it should include learning opportunities, career recommendations, referral of candidates, all trough gamification.
- Knowledge hub – Lessons learned information system with complex query options such as semantical, predictive, natural language and network graph view.
- Smart document processing – Intelligent solution to reduce the time for scanning, recognition, classification of documents and storage of employees digital files
- Early resignation prediction – A solution for identifying and predicting employee disengagement that could lead to resignations by leveraging sentimental analysis and artificial intelligence
You have at least one small product developed within your start-up
Your start-up can sustain a full product development (including infrastructure and support model) to be purchased by SG EBS in case of successful MVP within Catalyst Program
Your startup is registered as a company in Romania

About Catalyst

How does your start-up benefit from the program?

With the enriched interaction, remuneration, it’s a good opportunity to test, iterate and scale your product or solution with a real scenario.

The Schedule

To make sure you get the most out of this meeting, we recommend you:

Check out all the details about Catalyst
Have your elevator pitch ready so you can tell your company’s story in the shortest possible time frame
Write down a list of questions you’d like to get answered

1-on-1 Private Sessions, Bucharest, catalyst, fintech, founders, Investment, networking, Office Hours, Open Hours, Public Event, sgebs, startup, startups, techhub bucharest

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