Bulgaria FTW - Capto Weekly #20

Our headquarters of Bulgaria is on fire lately! The country is experiencing a historic year to complement its rich history.

To summarize for any outsiders; this past weekend musical artist Dara won Eurovision (which will bring the famous competition to Bulgaria in 2027), the Euro was recently adopted, we welcomed the start of this year’s iconic cycling race Giro D’ Italia...

Everywhere we look is an abundance of beauty, economic expansion, and community pride.

Many, but not all, of our team members are native to the country. Yet we’ve chosen strategically to invest in growing our business here for many of the reasons that we are proud to see becoming more widespread!!

Similarly, many of our clients have Bulgarian roots, but not every one. They all come to realize the special talent and competence that exists in the country!!

Lastly, as a “community-led” business, we rely greatly on networking, referrals, sharing of insights, and joint enthusiasm to drive forward growth. Let us reiterate that our experiences tell us that our growing Bulgarian contacts lead the way in this category of openness and willingness to support each other!!

This weeks newsletter re-visits some of our most popular posts about Bulgaria, also sure to highlight other leaders to follow and examples of their content below.

How does this connect to our work delivering AI & Automation?


Talk to us about supporting your growth at a “Bulgarian” pace.

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Capto

Company updates worth highlighting.

• First up, a special summary of our favorite posts about Bulgaria:

  • World-class companies are being built here

  • A love letter from a French entrepreneur

  • Doing our best to share with the world the magic that is happening in Bansko’s mountains

  • Meetups with French Tech Sofia and CCI France Bulgarie are just a few of many that we enjoy

  • Why the only team member who doesn’t permanently live in Bulgaria is the biggest fan

• The sharks (Mark Cuban) are circling the AI services industry. Though there’s plenty of reasons why we’re fine to jump in the water.

• UiPath, we meet again, though it has been a minute or two. A fresh conversation with a CFO provides us an update of what it’s like to pursue automation with the major RPA vendors.

• On the road in some of our most scenic meeting locations yet! In the harbor of Thessaloniki Greece is where we found ourselves at one point last week.

• Then it was on to Sofia for another packed week of meetups! Hectic indeed but worth the energy to make new connections always.

• You can still find us every day on LinkedIn. Here’s details of why we are also showing up more on Substack.

Spokes

A section dedicated to highlighting the work of our official allies.

• Have we collaborated before? Would you like to? Looking for a boost in visibility? We are continuing to build out this program and open to discuss adding members to our directory.

You

Doing our part in a community-based approach where our feeds, inboxes, and meetings are the source for learning and happiness.

• Impossible to compile every single one of our favorites, here are our Top 5 Bulgarian people or companies to follow:

  • A fellow French entrepreneur and co-founder of French Tech Sofia - Adrien Bacchi

  • Our home base and special place for leaders of all types building in Bansko - Nestwork Coworking (keep connected with Svetlana Obetsanova for updates)

  • Frequently publishing interesting stats to back all the excitement and opportunities - Damyan Pilkov

  • For leading the venture capital scene - Gergana Stoichkova

  • Scaling all the country’s mountains and at the same time bringing Finance leaders to new heights - Tony McMurray­

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