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Veselin Lalev – Options Trading Strategies & Contemporary Events
(March 27, 2014) Veselin Lalev shares his experience with financial options and stock trading, and also talks about contemporary events and their effects on stock trading…
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Rene Tomova – The Magic of Retail
(April 2, 2014) Experienced retailer Rene Tomova shares her experience with retail, marketing and entrepreneurship. After graduating from AUBG, Rene became head of Mtel’s retail operations and later co-founded Creative Shower, a design thinking lab…
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Alexander Naydenov – Corporate Culture and Entrepreneurial Attitude
(September 21, 2013) Alex Naydenov leads a discussion with AUBG alumni on corporate life, the skills it gives you, and how they can be useful if you decide to become an entrepreneur…
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Blagovest Belev – Bitcoin: The Digital Revolution in Money
(March 20, 2014) Blagovest Belev talks about Bitcoin and how it has revolutionized the financial industry. Watch to hear the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Bitcoin…
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Velina Getova – Leadership for a New Era
(February 13, 2014) AUBG alumnus Velina Getova presents her research on leadership, what it means to be leader in the 21st century and how we can become better leaders ourselves…
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Michael McGoldrick – Discovering the Power of the Third Sector
(March 31, 2014) Former AUBG professor Michael McGoldrick leads a discussion of the third sector, how it is funded, what industries it includes and its role in our modern world, especially in the United States…
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Georgy Ganev – Bulgaria’s Post-Communist Economic Transition: Myths and Reality
(November 25, 2013) Prof. Georgy Ganev of Sofia University talks about the economic myths haunting Bulgaria – from the myth of high unemployment, to the myth of high inflation – and refutes all of them…
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Yukiko Abe – Regional Variations in Women’s Participation in the Labor Market
(November 19, 2013) Yukiko Abe gives an lecture on the regional variations in women’s participation in the labor market. She emphasizes on women’s behavior, changes in the regional differences and on comparison between the high-participation regions and the other ones. Yukiko Abe is a professor at Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University, Japan. View Regional Variations in Women’s Participation in the Labor Market on YouTube The AUBGTalks Channel on YouTube American University in Bulgaria Main Site Follow […]
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Maxim Behar – The World in a Social Media Chaos
(March 25, 2014) Maxim Behar talks about the social media chaos and how it influences and changes the world and people in it. He gives the three major points which creates this chaos, compares the old traditional media with the new one, and suggests how people should behave in the social media chaos nowadays.
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Daniel Berg – EBRD Responding to Crisis
(November 8, 2013) Daniel Berg is the director of EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) for Bulgaria. In this video, he gives a short lecture on the strategies of EBRD during a crisis…
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Martin Milev – Private Equity Deal Structures
(April 22, 2013) AUBG alumnus Martin Milev has been working as an investment professional for the last 3 years at Oriens Ltd, Danube Fund. In this video, Martin Milev gives a short lecture on private equity deal structures for Professor Miroslav Mateev’s Company Valuation course.
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Bistra Boeva – Corporate Governance and its European Dimensions
(October 9, 2013) Dr. Bistra Boeva talks about corporate governance and how it is perceived and implemented in Bulgaria and Europe as a whole. Dr. Boeva holds a postdoctoral degree in International Business in addition to a Master’s degree in Law…
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What Impact Will You Have on the World?
(October 16, 2013) Participants in the Summer Entrepreneurship Program 2013 share their takeaways from their intense 5-week hands-on entrepreneurship training in the United States. Watch Kristiyan Dimitrov and Teodor Dimitrov share their view on starting a business and succeeding, and then pitch their teams’ ideas in front of the audience.
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The Melon Way: A Startup Story
(November 27, 2012) The founders of a famous AUBG tech startup, Melon, visited AUBG to talk about their journey as entrepreneurs and where Melon is today …
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Old Theories and New Insights About Culture and Business
(September 18, 2013) AUBG professors Veneta Andonova and Asli Goksoy, along with PhD student Jana Schmutzler gave a co-teaching talk on the newest research in organizational culture and entrepreneurial behavior …
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Alexander Chernev – Lifestyle Branding and the Competition for a Consumer’s Identity
(November 21, 2012) Alexander Chernev, renowned professor at the Kellogg School of Management, spoke for AUBG’s MBA program on the recent developments that have taken place in the positioning of brands on the market …
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Rosen Plevneliev – A Better Future: Who Needs to Take the Initiative?
(November 13, 2013) President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev, visited the American University in Bulgaria to meet with students and to deliver a talk on the issues Bulgaria is currently facing …
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IME – The Costs of EU Membership
(April 9, 2013) Two Bulgarian economics analysts from the Institute for Market Economics delivered a lecture on the costs of EU membership.
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Christoph Speck – Success Through People
(April 10, 2013) The Country Supply Chain Manager of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bulgaria Christoph Speck talks about internship and employment opportunities for graduates. To find out how to present yourself on a job interview and what it takes to be successful in business, watch this video recorded and produced by AUBGTalks team.
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Dimitar Bairev – Innovation at IBM
(February 6, 2013) Dimitar Bairev from IBM outlines the innovations that happen every day at one of the biggest technology corporations in the world. Watch the video to see an interesting case study about an innovative product that IBM developed in response to client demand…
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Mikhail Nahorny – Corporate Finance in Practice
(April 12, 2013) AUBG alumnus Mikhail Nahorny talks about what corporate finance is like in the real world. Nahorny is currently a Vice President of Borealis, the infrastructure investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds with net assets of more than CAD 60 billion and a AAA credit rating…
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Kiril Bachvarov – Marketing of Financial Services
(March 20, 2013) AUBG Alumnus and current Head of Communications at UniCredit Bulbank Kiril Bachvarov talks about marketing in financial institutions. Bachvarov discusses the challenges marketers face in communicating banks’ offerings to people as well as the difficulties banks have in dealing with marketing…
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Mark Leonard – Between Frankenfood and Panacea: A Look at GMO Agriculture
(March 13, 2013) Economics professor Mark Leonard talks about the hopes and problems of GMO agriculture. Professor Leonard is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the American University in Bulgaria…
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Plamen Dimitrov – Psychological Drivers of the Social Media Revolution
(February 13, 2013) Plamen Dimitrov, Chair of the Bulgarian Psychological Society, gives an insightful hands-on workshop on the psychology involved in social media. Watch the video to find out more and to do the experiment yourself…
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Ubisoft Sofia – Developing a AAA Game
(November 28, 2012) Part of the Ubisoft Sofia Team at AUBG, giving a presentation of Ubisoft and what it is to develop a triple-A game. Managing Director Ivan Balabanov starts off with a look at the current state of the entertainment industry, followed by Lead Artist Biser Parashkevov who unveils part of the creative process…
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Veneta Andonova – The Internet and Education: What is the Future?
(February 12, 2013) AUBG Business Professor Veneta Andonova raises the question of the Internet vs. traditional education, exploring the disruptive nature of the Web and suggesting ways that it can be beneficial to universities. Professor Andonova is a passionate educator in the fields of business administration and…
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Svetozar Janevski – The Change Management Case at Skopje Brewery and Tikves Winery
(February 6, 2013) Macedonian businessman Svetozar Janevski talks about the importance of investment in human capital and the advantages of long-term goals over short-term gains.
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OpenCoffee Blagoevgrad – StartUP Foundation and Eleven Venture Fund
(January 26, 2013) At this inaugural OpenCoffee Blagoevgrad meeting, StartUP founder Polina Yancheva talks about the Foundation and about her entrepreneurial experience. Dilyan Dimitrov from Eleven Venture Fund follows up with interesting details about their acceleration program for young and talented startups.
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Mark Harris – Innovation & the Business Plan (Day 3)
(October 24, 2012) In this talk, Professor Mark Harris highlights why innovation and the business plan are essential for entrepreneurs. Professor Harris is a seasoned executive in the IT industry. Having recently retired from Intel, Professor Harris founded InnovaVentures to follow his passion for entrepreneurship and new venture creation.
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Mark Harris – Growth Capital & Opportunity Recognition (Day 2)
(October 23, 2012) During this second from a series of three lectures, Mark Harris discusses how young entrepreneurs can find growth capital and how they can recognize business opportunities. Professor Harris is a seasoned executive in the IT industry. Having recently retired from Intel, Professor Harris founded InnovaVentures to follow his passion for entrepreneurship and new venture creation.
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Mark Harris – Entrepreneurship (Day 1)
(October 22, 2012) Professor Mark Harris opens this series of three lectures with a talk on entrepreneurship and the art of creating a new business. Professor Harris is a seasoned executive in the IT industry. Having recently retired from Intel, Professor Harris founded InnovaVentures to follow his passion for entrepreneurship and new venture creation.
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Global, Regional and Bulgarian Context for Business Creation
(January 18, 2013) Entrepreneurship experts Pavel Ezekiev and Steve Keil talk about creating a business both in Bulgaria and anywhere else in the world. Watch AUBG Alumnus Pavel go through the financials of creating a business in the Balkan environment, and see the inspirational talk by serial entrepreneur Steve Keil about challenging your own beliefs.
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Sarah Perrine – Women in Non-Governmental Organizations
(October 25, 2012) NGO veteran Sarah Perrine shares her experience working in the business and not-for-profit sectors. In this talk, Sarah discusses the role of women in not-for-profits and gives a historical perspective on the topic. Watch the video to see Sarah’s answers to students’ questions!
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Todor Todorov – A Candid Discussion
(September 26, 2012) Todor Todorov, Director of Financial Advisory Services at Deloitte Bulgaria and an AUBG alumnus, talks about the world of finance in the United States and explains why he returned to Bulgaria.