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WHY LOCAL LANGUAGE MATTERS WHEN SCALING INTO NEW B2B MARKETS
Interview with Ákos Dervalics, CEO of Green Brother and business development expert Scaling internationally is more than entering a marketEntering a new country can look

WHEN INNOVATION GETS STUCK IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH
Author: Toufik Dallal Why it matters now? Across Europe and especially in the CEE innovation ecosystem, we regularly meet founders with impressive technology. Strong engineering

THE DATA ROOM THAT DOESN’T LOSE DEALS
Author: Toufik Dallal Why it matters now? Most fundraising stories focus on the pitch. And for good reason: getting to a term sheet is genuinely

WHat micromanagement really is
Author: Toufik Dallal Why it matters now? In early-stage startups, speed is everything. Teams are small, pressure is constant, and every decision feels like it

WHAT INVESTORS MEAN BY “TEAM RISK”?
Author: Toufik Dallal Why this matters now In early-stage fundraising, founders naturally focus on the things they can point to: product progress, traction numbers, market

founder background checks: what really matters?
Author: Toufik Dallal Why this matters now Something has shifted in the EU and CEE startup ecosystem. Background checks on founders, once a loose formality,

A real success story: realcity’s journey from hungarian urban transport solutions to international project collaborations, 2.part
Interview with Dávid Varga, CEO & Co-Founder, realCity ITS Kft. 1st part of the Interview The question of measurability inevitably arises. Can it be demonstrated

A real success story: realcity’s journey from hungarian urban transport solutions to international project collaborations
Interview with Dávid Varga, CEO & Co-Founder, realCity ITS Kft. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off from earlier transport IT projects, real City has targeted

LOI, MOU and Investor Interest
Author: Toufik Dallal Why this matters now Across the EU and CEE startup ecosystem, something subtle has been happening over the past few years. As

PILOTS ≠ TRACTION
Author: Toufik Dallal Why this matters now Across Europe and CEE, many early-stage founders proudly say: “We have three pilots running.” They expect this to signal strong

How to Come Back After “Too Early”
Author: Toufik Dallal Turning investor interest into a real second conversation Why this matters now Hearing “we like it, but it’s too early” is not the end

What Investors Mean by “We Like It, But It’s Too Early”
Author: Toufik Dallal Why this matters now Many early-stage founders hear this sentence after a good pitch: “We like it, but it’s too early.” It sounds