{"id":446514,"date":"2019-01-24T12:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T12:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=446514"},"modified":"2019-02-07T13:31:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:31:23","slug":"stories-diaspora-mihai-stipanov-everytime-i-come-home-i-meet-people-lived-abroad-moved-back-maybe-one-day-i-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/stories-diaspora-mihai-stipanov-everytime-i-come-home-i-meet-people-lived-abroad-moved-back-maybe-one-day-i-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from diaspora\/ Mihai Stipanov: \u201cEverytime I come home, I meet people that lived abroad but moved back. Maybe one day I will do the same.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

He spent the last 3 years between Silicon Valley and Chi\u0219in\u0103u. Dreamups, The Founder Institute, Startup Grind, Mondia Technologies, Arbo Capital are just some of the projects and companies he founded. \u00a0He is Mihai Stipanov, our new protagonist of the Stories from Diaspora series.<\/p>\n

The highlights of his activity<\/h3>\n

Mihai is the co-founder of the tech community Dreamups, where he manages the activity through the Silicon Valley licensed programs as The Founder Institute accelerator, as well as Startup Grind. He developed a series of startups in Moldova and the USA, managed through the Arbo Capital company, founded also by him. Mihai was one of the persons that brought TEDx to Chisinau, he worked in marketing and served as a Vice President on the managing boards of JCI Chisinau and AIESEC Moldova.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| Dreamups<\/p><\/div>\n

Mihai started his first small business in high school. \u201cNow almost everyone in high school is building something, which is great. The new generation embraces a totally new philosophy.\u00a0 You may say that you don\u2019t see it, but don\u2019t expect the same old models we are used to,\u201d says Mihai.<\/p>\n

While he was in Moldova, he was involved in as many organisations and projects as he could: NGOs, business projects, newspaper publications, e-commerce websites, air tickets platforms, and even insurance companies. Some companies he founded failed. \u201cThis was my learning playground. I failed a lot, and this is my unfair advantage,\u201d Mihai says, while smiling. His current activity in Moldova is focused on Dreamups, a community that brings together the tech entrepreneurs. Another focus is the business area, where they use great talents and environment advantages to serve companies from all around the world. \u201cI believe that we build projects that transcend borders and are not limited to Moldova or the United States,\u201d he mentions.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| Dreamups<\/p><\/div>\n

Last year, Mihai moved to New York and now he develops a startup company that is related to his new environment. He travels very often back to Moldova, so that there is no chance to miss something. Still, he works mainly in the USA right now. \u201cMany of the projects I am now involved in have great dedicated teams and my role is very limited there. I spend most of my time on my activity in New York,\u201d mentions Mihai.<\/p>\n

About the life on two continents<\/h3>\n

When asked about how he manages to work on two continents, Mihai answers there is no special formula: \u201cI don\u2019t have any superpower. On the contrary, I learned that being involved in so many projects is not productive and, over time, one project or another lacked my attention.\u201d That is why Mihai tries to do one thing at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the idea to move to New York 14 years ago. I definitely could have done it earlier, but I was stopped by the belief that it is not possible,\u201d states Mihai. He thinks this is a major drawback for other people in Moldova as well. \u201cMany things take much more time than we initially think, but they are not impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

At the beginning, Mihai was spending equal time in the United States and in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, which was very hard for him. \u201cNow I\u2019m trying to stay more in one place and, for now, that is the United States.\u201d He tries to adapt his behaviour and habits according to environment: \u201cIn Moldova, I feel more relaxed. Probably, it is true that you become what you surround yourself with. On the other hand, In the United States, I was exposed to what hard work really means, not what Hygge books recommend,\u201d he states. According to Mihai, in the US, working from 9 am to 5 pm takes you nowhere. \u201cYou have to put the extra work in everything you do. Maybe, this is the reason why the majority of products we use are invented in the United States.\u201d Mihai thinks that if one wants to build something that impacts millions of lives, he or she must forget, at least for a while, about the work-life balance.<\/p>\n

About his educational background<\/h3>\n

Mihai studied Marketing at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova. But this was far from his only studies: \u201cI gave my education the highest priority.\u201d In the US, Mihai was enrolled in the Technology and Growth Marketing Program at Stanford University. Still, his best education, as he says, was received through the always growing interest in reading books and listening to podcasts.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| JCI Chisinau<\/p><\/div>\n

About his passions and motivators<\/h3>\n

Mihai is one of those lucky persons, as some of us would say, that does exactly what he is passioned about. \u201cSometimes, I think about how it would have been, if I had worked on something I don\u2019t like, and I conclude that it would have made me very unhappy.\u201d Mihai\u2019s biggest passions are innovation, technology and startups building. \u201cI always pick something that maybe is not that promising but is very much congruent with what I am fond of. Working at what you are passioned about is always very promising and rewarding,\u201d reveals Mihai.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

Having such a rhythm of life has its drawbacks though: \u201cI always have an enormous sense of urgency. This makes me have a hard time sleeping.\u201d In the same time, Mihai\u2019s experience taught him patience \u2013 the key to eliminate this disadvantage. \u201cBalancing between urgency and patience is my greatest asset, I believe,\u201d Mihai says.<\/p>\n

About being a startup developer<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe roles of a founder vary with the stages of the company. At the beginning, one does everything. In the USA, they say: CEO \u2013 Chief Everything Officer,\u201d explains Mihai. He believes that the process of finding a business model and validation of an idea can\u2019t be delegated to somebody else and never should be. As he states: \u201cThis is a certain path to the death of the company.\u201d Next, the founder becomes a recruiter, when the company starts to operate. Only in a later stage, the founder is the one in charge of the company\u2019s mission. \u201cAccording to the phase of the project, I\u2019m working on switching these roles. Generally, my life is a project. I evaluate my resources, I have a mission and deadlines. Probably, my biggest project!\u201d<\/p>\n

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As Mihai states, when Dreamups was founded in 2015, there was not so much activity in the Moldovan IT area and many parts of the market were absent. \u201cNow we are doing much better, we have infrastructure, we have content and talent. We even have some venture capital initiatives that are ready to invest in IT companies from Moldova,\u201d mentions Mihai. There is still work to be done in resolving legal issues and in developing the product building know-how, according to his opinion. \u201cWhat is missing is the right mindset. It starts when failures are not viewed as something very bad and ends when the companies are built not only for money, but also for adding value to society.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Moldova<\/h3>\n

Mihai says that people in Moldova have great potential. \u201cBecause I had limited resources, I developed the ambition I have right now. Very often when everything works fine and your needs are satisfied, you lack the drive to start a company or to learn more,\u201d declares Mihai. In Moldova, the disadvantages can turn into the biggest advantages, boosting the ability to compete, according to the Mihai\u2019s point of view. \u201cPeople in Moldova grow with this limiting belief that they can\u2019t do it, it is like a self-fulfilling prophecy. We need to change the mindset of “sitting quietly and doing nothing” and to break things, build and discover.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| JCI<\/p><\/div>\n

Mihai also wonders why there are so many debates on unimportant issues, while reading news from Moldova. \u201cTo become known to foreigners, we need to be specialized in one or two things and to do that the best in the world. What should this be? Creative industry has potential. Could it be IT startups? Maybe,\u201d reflects Mihai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>He spent the last 3 years between Silicon Valley and Chi\u0219in\u0103u. Dreamups, The Founder Institute, Startup Grind, Mondia Technologies, Arbo Capital are just some of the projects and companies he founded. \u00a0He is Mihai Stipanov, our new protagonist of the Stories from Diaspora series. The highlights of his activity Mihai is the co-founder of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":446515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,56],"tags":[140,35,178,27,94],"class_list":["post-446514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora-en","category-reportaje","tag-diaspora","tag-important","tag-mihai-stipanov","tag-moldova","tag-stories"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

He spent the last 3 years between Silicon Valley and Chi\u0219in\u0103u. Dreamups, The Founder Institute, Startup Grind, Mondia Technologies, Arbo Capital are just some of the projects and companies he founded. \u00a0He is Mihai Stipanov, our new protagonist of the Stories from Diaspora series.<\/p>\n

The highlights of his activity<\/h3>\n

Mihai is the co-founder of the tech community Dreamups, where he manages the activity through the Silicon Valley licensed programs as The Founder Institute accelerator, as well as Startup Grind. He developed a series of startups in Moldova and the USA, managed through the Arbo Capital company, founded also by him. Mihai was one of the persons that brought TEDx to Chisinau, he worked in marketing and served as a Vice President on the managing boards of JCI Chisinau and AIESEC Moldova.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| Dreamups<\/p><\/div>\n

Mihai started his first small business in high school. \u201cNow almost everyone in high school is building something, which is great. The new generation embraces a totally new philosophy.\u00a0 You may say that you don\u2019t see it, but don\u2019t expect the same old models we are used to,\u201d says Mihai.<\/p>\n

While he was in Moldova, he was involved in as many organisations and projects as he could: NGOs, business projects, newspaper publications, e-commerce websites, air tickets platforms, and even insurance companies. Some companies he founded failed. \u201cThis was my learning playground. I failed a lot, and this is my unfair advantage,\u201d Mihai says, while smiling. His current activity in Moldova is focused on Dreamups, a community that brings together the tech entrepreneurs. Another focus is the business area, where they use great talents and environment advantages to serve companies from all around the world. \u201cI believe that we build projects that transcend borders and are not limited to Moldova or the United States,\u201d he mentions.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| Dreamups<\/p><\/div>\n

Last year, Mihai moved to New York and now he develops a startup company that is related to his new environment. He travels very often back to Moldova, so that there is no chance to miss something. Still, he works mainly in the USA right now. \u201cMany of the projects I am now involved in have great dedicated teams and my role is very limited there. I spend most of my time on my activity in New York,\u201d mentions Mihai.<\/p>\n

About the life on two continents<\/h3>\n

When asked about how he manages to work on two continents, Mihai answers there is no special formula: \u201cI don\u2019t have any superpower. On the contrary, I learned that being involved in so many projects is not productive and, over time, one project or another lacked my attention.\u201d That is why Mihai tries to do one thing at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the idea to move to New York 14 years ago. I definitely could have done it earlier, but I was stopped by the belief that it is not possible,\u201d states Mihai. He thinks this is a major drawback for other people in Moldova as well. \u201cMany things take much more time than we initially think, but they are not impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

At the beginning, Mihai was spending equal time in the United States and in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, which was very hard for him. \u201cNow I\u2019m trying to stay more in one place and, for now, that is the United States.\u201d He tries to adapt his behaviour and habits according to environment: \u201cIn Moldova, I feel more relaxed. Probably, it is true that you become what you surround yourself with. On the other hand, In the United States, I was exposed to what hard work really means, not what Hygge books recommend,\u201d he states. According to Mihai, in the US, working from 9 am to 5 pm takes you nowhere. \u201cYou have to put the extra work in everything you do. Maybe, this is the reason why the majority of products we use are invented in the United States.\u201d Mihai thinks that if one wants to build something that impacts millions of lives, he or she must forget, at least for a while, about the work-life balance.<\/p>\n

About his educational background<\/h3>\n

Mihai studied Marketing at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova. But this was far from his only studies: \u201cI gave my education the highest priority.\u201d In the US, Mihai was enrolled in the Technology and Growth Marketing Program at Stanford University. Still, his best education, as he says, was received through the always growing interest in reading books and listening to podcasts.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook| JCI Chisinau<\/p><\/div>\n

About his passions and motivators<\/h3>\n

Mihai is one of those lucky persons, as some of us would say, that does exactly what he is passioned about. \u201cSometimes, I think about how it would have been, if I had worked on something I don\u2019t like, and I conclude that it would have made me very unhappy.\u201d Mihai\u2019s biggest passions are innovation, technology and startups building. \u201cI always pick something that maybe is not that promising but is very much congruent with what I am fond of. Working at what you are passioned about is always very promising and rewarding,\u201d reveals Mihai.<\/p>\n

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Photo source: Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n

Having such a rhythm of life has its drawbacks though: \u201cI always have an enormous sense of urgency. This makes me have a hard time sleeping.\u201d In the same time, Mihai\u2019s experience taught him patience \u2013 the key to eliminate this disadvantage. \u201cBalancing between urgency and patience is my greatest asset, I believe,\u201d Mihai says.<\/p>\n

About being a startup developer<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe roles of a founder vary with the stages of the company. At the beginning, one does everything. In the USA, they say: CEO \u2013 Chief Everything Officer,\u201d explains Mihai. He believes that the process of finding a business model and validation of an idea can\u2019t be delegated to somebody else and never should be. As he states: \u201cThis is a certain path to the death of the company.\u201d Next, the founder becomes a recruiter, when the company starts to operate. Only in a later stage, the founder is the one in charge of the company\u2019s mission. \u201cAccording to the phase of the project, I\u2019m working on switching these roles. Generally, my life is a project. I evaluate my resources, I have a mission and deadlines. Probably, my biggest project!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

As Mihai states, when Dreamups was founded in 2015, there was not so much activity in the Moldovan IT area and many parts of the market were absent. \u201cNow we are doing much better, we have infrastructure, we have content and talent. We even have some venture capital initiatives that are ready to invest in IT companies from Moldova,\u201d mentions Mihai. There is still work to be done in resolving legal issues and in developing the product building know-how, according to his opinion. \u201cWhat is missing is the right mindset. It starts when failures are not viewed as something very bad and ends when the companies are built not only for money, but also for adding value to society.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Moldova<\/h3>\n

Mihai says that people in Moldova have great potential. \u201cBecause I had limited resources, I developed the ambition I have right now. Very often when everything works fine and your needs are satisfied, you lack the drive to start a company or to learn more,\u201d declares Mihai. In Moldova, the disadvantages can turn into the biggest advantages, boosting the ability to compete, according to the Mihai\u2019s point of view. \u201cPeople in Moldova grow with this limiting belief that they can\u2019t do it, it is like a self-fulfilling prophecy. We need to change the mindset of “sitting quietly and doing nothing” and to break things, build and discover.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Photo source: Facebook| JCI<\/p><\/div>\n

Mihai also wonders why there are so many debates on unimportant issues, while reading news from Moldova. \u201cTo become known to foreigners, we need to be specialized in one or two things and to do that the best in the world. What should this be? Creative industry has potential. Could it be IT startups? Maybe,\u201d reflects Mihai.<\/p>\n

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