European Startup Scene

After 12 years building startups in Montreal, Los Angeles, and Palo Alto, I decided to reconnect with my Hungarian roots and learn about the startup scene in Budapest. Last year, I attended the Budapest edition of Startup Safary. It was a two-day event with concurrent sessions happening all over the city; in total, there were 147 events …

AIESEC at the Viennese Ball

Recently, a group of cheerful student and alumni AIESEC members celebrated an exciting night in one of Vienna’s most beautiful locations, the “Hofburg Wien,” which was the residence of the former emperor of the Austrian Monarchy. Every year, the business faculty of the University of Economics of Vienna, which is Europe’s largest business faculty with 35,000+ students, celebrates a …

50th Anniversary of AIESEC in Czechoslovakia – Slovak Edition

During the first weekend of last December, Slovak students, AIESEC, and alumni were celebrating AIESEC’s 50th anniversary with a glamorous gala night in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bratislava. Local committees and various generations of AIESECers were welcomed as well as some international guests. The following also made an appearance: Jean Choplin (co-founder of AIESEC) with …