Newsletter June 2010

Success story of the month: Georgi and Martin

Bulgaria and Luxembourg share IT experience!

With more than eight years of working in Information Technology, Georgi Nikolaev, from Bulgaria, decided to create his own IT consulting company. His first question: ‘where to start’?

The Bulgarian would-be entrepreneur needed to learn how to manage a viable business as well as understanding the responsibilities and tasks ahead of him. Indeed, starting a new company from scratch can be quite a daunting challenge.

More than 1500 kilometres away from Bulgaria, Martin Petrov runs Onformonics, an IT-related business set in Luxembourg, which operates in 3 different European countries. As an experienced entrepreneur managing six employees, Martin received Georgi in the month of November to show him the key pointers to achieve his dream business.

During his one-month-training at Onformonics, Georgi learned how to manage a company and which business model to implement to ensure a successful IT business. He equally took note of useful marketing and human resources strategies. Thanks to the exchange, Martin also acquired new skills like the use of PCI-DSS standards and their importance in today’s IT world’s business. Both entrepreneurs benefited immensely from the exchange calling it ‘a fruitful experience’ and ‘a great partnership possibility’ for further common projects.


More information can be obtained from Krasimira Shindarova from the Bulgarian ICT Cluster and Fréderic Becker from Luxinnovation GIE.



Find more about Martin’s business, Onformonics, at www.onformonics.com