Optimism for Bulgaria

We have to fight for the smaller firms to come here, and parallel to that, we have to fight to build our own big, successful firms, local firms.

An author and professor of business strategy and entrepreneurship, Veneta studies the role of Bulgarian communities abroad in the economic development of their birth country.

Humility, honesty, integrity—these qualities were nurtured in a family of grain entrepreneurs in small-town Ohio.

A trailblazer in the truest sense of the word, she’s been the only woman, or one of a handful, in classrooms, newsrooms, and boardrooms.

“At some point in our development, we need to realize that our responsibility is not limited to paying taxes. This is not enough to make life better. Our responsibility is much greater if we want to contribute to the development of this country.”

“News is what somebody, somewhere wants to suppress,” a wall inscription at the Newseum reminds us.

Standing waist-deep in corn, rescuing workers from foreign invasion, and going back to work on day 1 of his vacation have never been part of Dimiter Voutchev’s job description.

What is the common connection between some of the most successful Bulgarian companies founded in the early 1990s?

The funds created thousands of jobs and enterprises and developed the products and institutions of the modern financial market.