Interviewer: Mateusz Wilk Entrepreneur: Bożena Czynciel Klimaty Południa is a winery and restaurant localized in the centre of Kraków. It offers customers a wide range of wines and other beverages from around the world and carefully selected dishes. People come here to learn about wine, how to taste it, drink it and compose with food. How did you come up with the idea of a restaurant? When was it? The idea appeared when after years of working in various corporations I have decided to become my own boss. After some research, I come to the conclusion that the best decision would be to open a restaurant and so happened in 2007. What are the pros of the restaurant? What makes it so special? What attracts customers? The restaurants biggest advantage is its uniqueness. The atmosphere, meals and service are meant to be the best around and because of this, the restaurant has been through a lot of changes. We come up with new dishes every few months to keep up with trends and seas
Maciej J.: Why have you become an entrepreneur? What has decided about your career path? Bartosz Tomala: A strong need of independence. As far as I can remember, I always wanted to run my own company. In my childhood, which happened to be in times of communism, I used to breathlessly watch American movies about capitalists which were rarely shown on TV those days. Before I established my own company, I had been working a full-time job for two years. During that period I had three bosses and each of them was really great. Being dependent on others’ decisions was a big discomfort, though. You’re the owner of Omegasoft company which deals with software sales. Why have you chosen this industry? As is often the case it was a coincidence. Once I wanted to buy a computer program, which I couldn’t get in Poland. I brought it from abroad but soon I didn’t need it anymore and I decided to sell it on Allegro. When I realised the price it’d reached, I immediately ordered next ten cop