Tischner European University Entrepreneurship

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...

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 nex...

When creating product, web page, your own vita- most important thing is to grab attention of others. How to sell our product or ourselves? What influenced on others in order to be interested in something? Is our outfit influence on judgement by society? My interlocutor, Carla by profession is taking care about people’s look. Nikola: Hi Carla, today I would like to talk with you about your profession and philosophy of your work. Please could you make a small introduction of yourself? Carla: Hi Nikola! I am a personal advisor and my profession is very wide. I help my clients to find own style and personality. It sounds very serious and it is very important profession, later on I will explain why is that. N: Could you tell us why our appearance is so important in every day life? C: Hmm.. I don’t know where exactly should I start. Our appearance is not only what do we wear, but how do we look like in general. Our look is influenced not only by clothes, but also self-c...

My interview with the head of Vinacomin ( VIETNAM NATIONAL COAL AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES HOLDING CORPORATION LIMITED) Interviewer: Nguyễn Trung Trực Entrepreneur: Lê Minh Chuẩn I have done the interview and compiled a list of the most important things to get from an entrepreneur.  1. How did the idea for your business come out? My company established at the moment when I had thought an idea that the coal corporation and the mineral corporation should become one. After that, we both (the 2 companies) agree to integrate and together grow our business. 2. How can you make the corporation become such a successful business in Vietnam?  I keep following my three aims ( development perspective - goal - missions ) to get my business became one of the best business parts in Vietnam   Development perspective:  Developing the Group of Vietnam Coal and Mineral Companies under the guideline of sustainable development: “From the resources of antimicrobials and human ...