Five Ro entrepreneurs a week: The Forest Book, FruitBox, Barca raw restaurant, Poarta-ma!, Moara de hartie
Romania’s entrepreneurs are no strangers to success at home and abroad. Every week we’ll round up five local business pioneers to get the low down on them and their businesses. This week we chose five entrepreneurial ventures – not just five entrepreneurs that inspired us.
The Forest Book- Mihaela Argesanu has had the publishing house Dao Psi since 2004, and last year opened The Forest Book bookshop, which sells books about health, spirituality, alternative therapies, personal development, psychology, esoteric practices, feng-shui. The bookshop also organizes evening sessions on some of the topics covered by the books sold. She is married to Ovidiu Dragos Argesanu, who is a doctor, therapist, reiki master and writer. The Forest Book bookshop – 74 Verzisori St.
Restaurant Barca- Cristian Filip and Marian Grajdan's restaurant Barca serves raw and vegan dishes. Filip is a former sailor, who previously started the insurance broker Filas Broker de Asigurari. His friend Grajdan is also a trainer at the MBA WIFI (Wirtschaftsforderungs Institut). The food at Barca is prepared without using heat. Barca – 11 Leonida St.
She now creates and sells wraps, slings and MeiTais for baby carrying, as well as accessories on this website.