#22 - Vlad Andriescu, Editor-in-Chief of start-up.ro: Inside Romania's Startup Rise

Vlad Andriescu, Editor-in-Chief of start-up.ro, joins Mauro in this Runway episode to unpack the evolution of Romania’s startup ecosystem, from the early days of €10K investments and hackathons... to the post-UiPath reality and the country’s cybersecurity edge.

This is the perfect episode to get up to date with the Romanian startup ecosystem and learn about its history!

We explore:

💡 Romania’s startup history and how UiPath changed everything

🚀 Why technical founders dominate the scene (and what’s changing)

🌍 How smaller Romanian cities are building innovation hubs

📉 The shift from unicorn dreams to sustainable growth

🧠 What makes Romanian founders unique, and what they still need to work on

📰 Plus, how start-up.ro became a key voice in the ecosystem and what’s next for the publication

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