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Jumpstart Romania

Working Group: 
Business and Finance (WG-BF)

Project information

The goal of this project is to provide Romanian entrepreneurs with access to information about investment funds and success stories about Romanians living abroad for the purpose of promoting Romanian entrepreneurship and foreign investment in Romania. We hope to do this by developing a database of investment funds and a compilation of interviews with successful Romanian business people abroad to be made publicly available to Romanian entrepreneurs.

NOTE: All positions have been filled in for this project.

Project details
Project leader: 
Dana R. Bucin
Board liaison: 
Andrei Popovici
Current team members: 

-Teo Avram
-Dana Bucin
-Lucian Fogoros
-Sorin Grama
-Camelia Grozea
-Iustin Iftimie
-Costin Neamtu
-Crina Pupaza

Distribution of roles:
1. Database and Research Coordinator
Lucian Fogoros
Sorin Grama
Iustin Iftimie
2. Investor Contact Coordinator
Dana Bucin (Connecticut, USA)
Lucian Fogoros (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, California, USA)
Costin Neamtu ((Netherlands/ W Europe)
3. Legal Resources Coordinator
Dana Bucin (USA and Romanian)
Camelia Grozea (European and Romanian)
4. Pre-Interview Coordinator
Crina Pupaza
Costin Neamtu
5. Interview Coordinator
Crina Pupaza
Iustin Iftimie
6. Post-Interview Coordinator
Teo Avram
7. Public Media Coordinator

Position descriptions: 

1. Database and Research Coordinator – Investment Funds

- Job Description: developing database in Excel containing information regarding foreign investors and Romanian businesspeople living abroad; communicating with the team regarding status of database; perform research of various sources of capital and investment funds inside and outside Romania available to entrepreneurs in Romania at all stages of their business development; compile a summary of research findings and provide it to the team
- Skills required: proficiency in Microsoft Excel, detail-oriented, communicating well with team members for the purpose of compiling data on foreign investors and successful Romanian business people living abroad, research skills, knowledge of business financing

2. Investor Contact Coordinator

- Job Description: contacting prospective investors, presenting the project to them and make arrangements for them to be added to the database
- Skills required: inter-personal/ communication skills, high self-confidence, knowledge of private equity/ venture capital markets, contacts within the investors’ community or within the business community in the selected area, networking skills

Several positions available for different geographic areas.

3. Legal Resources Coordinator
- Job Description: serving as a resource for legal issues; identifying affordable legal resources for Romanian entrepreneurs
- Skills required: legal degree or background; business background a plus

4. Pre-Interview Coordinator

- Job Description: research and identify successful Romanian business people living abroad; develop a uniform format for interviewing successful Romanian business people living abroad
- Skills required: research skills, knowledge of business operations, contacts within the Romanian business community abroad, writing skills, background in journalism or related field

5. Interview Coordinator

- Job Description: contacting and interviewing Romanian business people identified to be of interest for the project
- Skills required: inter-personal/ communication skills, communication/ journalism or related background; business background a plus

6. Post-Interview Coordinator

- Job Description: compiling and editing notes from interviews with various Romanian business people living abroad; summarize findings
- Skills required: writing skills, detail oriented, communication/ journalism or related background

7. Public Media Coordinator

- Job Description: identifying channels for public distribution of project findings to Romanian entrepreneurs, including forming media partnerships to distribute results
- Skills required: communication/ journalism/ public relations or related background

All advertised positions are unpaid. All GRSPSociety members, including its leadership team, work on a voluntary basis.

There are no geographic requirements--many of our team members work together virtually from different corners of the world.

You can apply for project team positions using the following form: http://www.grspsociety.org/projects/join. You will be prompted to answer three short questions and to submit a CV. Applications will be accepted until February 15th.

NOTE: Recruiting has finished for all positions except Public Media Coordinator, which has an extended deadline of February 26th.

Members of Jumpstart Romania

Project leader

Dana R. Bucin

Chair - World Affairs Council Young Professionals (Connecticut)
Board Member - Young Connecticut Venture Group
Member - International Business Council of MetroHartford Chamber of Commerce

Activity: Jumpstart Romania (BF) project leader
Location: Hartford, United States

Andrei Popovici

I received my BA from Yale University, where I double-majored in Economics and Literature, and I've worked for two years as a businesss consultant in Boston. I'm currently serving on the board of GRSPSociety and coordinating the Diaspora Votes project. For fun, I'm also translating Mateiu Caragiale's Craii de Curtea Veche into English, the continuation of my honors thesis project at Yale - in 2011, look for a copy in bookstores near you! As a founding member of GRSPSociety and a dual Romanian and US citizen living in the US, I believe in GRSPSociety's huge potential for encouraging a culture of civic participation and professional collaboration in Romania as well as in Romanian communities abroad.

Activity: Co-founder & communications team member (2008); Boston conference organizer & DP panel moderator, extended board member (2009); Vice President of External Relations, Diaspora Votes (DP) project leader (2010)
Location: Cambridge, United States
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Crina Pupaza

I am a graduate student at Columbia University, studying Social-Organizational Psychology (M.A). My area of study and interest is leadership and organizational development. I am also interested in culture integration in mergers and acquisitions, multicultural issues within multinational corporations and HR functions.

Location: North Bergen, United States

Camelia Grozea

Attorney qualified in Romania(Bucharest), France(Paris) and Belgium(Brussels).
Currently: Advising on state aid, competition and antitrust matters in the European Commission, DG Competition

Activity: Jumpstart Romania (BF) European and Romanian Legal Resources
Location: Bruxelles, Belgium

Laura

User Experience Researcher Worked on Windows 7 & now on Android line of mobile products. Have a vested interest in promoting innovation through patent development and Intellectual Property Law.
Worked with: Chicago Board of Trade, former UNext (Dr. Don Norman), Microsoft

Activity: Interested in promoting innovation in Romania and abroad, education and research, venture capital etc.
Location: Kirkland, United States
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