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Emi Gal

Romanian entrepreneur and software engineer. Founder & CEO of Brainient (now Teads Studio), an interactive video platform acquired by Teads in September 2016.

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Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Feb 10, 2011

What to do when things go wrong

We’ve all been there. The server crashes, the client says no, the internet connection drops, she spills coffee on your favourite sweater or you leave your wallet at home. The adrenaline kicks in and blood rushes to your head. The first reaction is to tell him a thing or…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Jan 1, 2011

Keeping it real

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been pretty successful at two things: making money and spending them. I bought my first t-shirt when I was 13, my first computer when I was 16 and my first car at 19 years old.

A couple of years ago though, as I was starting a new company and needed to bootstrap…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Sep 11, 2010

How to win Seedcamp Week

Next week, 23 lucky startups will attend Seedcamp Week, probably the best event of its kind in Europe. Three hundred mentors — entrepreneurs, angels investors, marketers, technology people — will be all eyes and ears, trying to help these startups become successful companies.

I think…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Mar 16, 2010

Words of wisdom from Gary Vaynerchuk

Ever since I saw Gary Vaynerchuk’s keynote at SXSW yesterday morning, something he said really stuck into my head:

“In the past couple of years, I’ve asked about a hundred 80–90 years old what they would do different in life if they’d have…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Nov 14, 2009

How I (want to) use Twitter

I don’t follow a lot of people on Twitter. That’s because I don’t really like to follow the information flow on Twitter, I just have a look at my @replies from time to time.

Nevertheless, I believe Twitter is a great tool for staying up-to-date with what my contacts are saying…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Oct 28, 2009

Hire your friends

People usually tend to turn the recruiting process into an exhaustive game where at the end you know everything about the potential employee and his mother. And I know that because I’ve done it hundreds if not thousands of times in the past.

But after close to 5 years of entrepreneurship, I’ve…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Oct 20, 2009

The Fun Theory

I strongly believe that fun can change people’s behavior. The guys at Volkswagen apparently think the same, so they’ve put together The Theory Awards, a competition for those of you who want to change the world for the better through fun stuff.

Here’s a glimpse of what they’re trying to achieve…

Emi Gal in Emi Gal

Oct 12, 2009

The power of feedback

One of the biggest mistakes I’ve made as an entrepreneur was not ask for feedback from the very beginning. And that mistake turned out to cost me a little fortune.

A couple of years ago, I started one of Romania’s first online TV channels: BrainTV — TV for smart people. I made two…