the Frank Peters Show

It’s Day 2 of the EBAN Congress in Moscow and, like the previous interviews, I’m trolling for likely interview subjects before the sessions get started. This is the Russian Wrap Up as I conclude with two final interviews.

Nino Vianello

He started in international tax planning; Nino Vianello is an angel investor in the Hague, Netherlands, but not a member of an angel group.

He’s patient; concerns about the euro appear almost daily in the Netherlands press. “I don’t see myself investing until next year.”

Bernd Litzka

Bernd Litzka of Austria Wirtschatsservice in Vienna

Bernd Litzka is part of a very active angel group in Vienna, the Austria Wirschaftsservice. In just the past few years they’ve added 7% women members.

His 160-member group likes all the usual types of investments, like clean tech and life science, but when he mentions machinery I recall Luis Villalobos’ humor as he called that “rust bucket technology”. Bernd isn’t phased a bit as he replies to this taunt.

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Konstantin Fokin

We met in Warsaw last year when John May introduced us. At the time it seemed like a long way off, but now it’s right around the corner: Konstantin and his Russian Business Angels Association will host the 12th EBAN Congress in Moscow, April 23-25.

Then we met again last week in Austin at the ACA Annual Summit where Konstantin closely observed the content for topics to bring back to Russia.

You’ll learn that after he went to business school and never having worked for anyone besides himself, he goes to work for the government, eventually creating over 100 incubators across the country.

How is entrepreneurship in Russia and how does it differ from the times, not long ago, of the Soviet Union? Konstantin describes how risk-taking is being rewarded again today; listen as he shares his perspectives.

Join me at the EBAN Congress in Moscow, April 23-25.

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