 Okay, we're back live here inside the Cube. This is Silicon Angles flagship program and go out to the advanced instructor student from the Noise. I'm John Furrier, the founder of Silicon Angle. I'm sure my co-host Jeff Rick from Silicon Angle. We keep on Jeff We have our next guest, Zana Guska. Welcome to the Cube. Thank you So you're on the Cube for the first time and you're here with the startups So tell us a little bit about what you're doing and why you're here I'm going to launch tool years which is an online platform with strategic business tools to help entrepreneurs and managers Be smarter about their businesses understand their businesses better with the view of taking it to the next level the The Romanian market is pretty hot up from developers. We've talked to a lot of guys over there Even in Europe is a big entrepreneurship culture. What do you see as a developer market out there in Europe and those areas I Believe there is a lot of good talent. There are many skilled Developers Especially in Romania because they're very good technical schools. However They don't have the glue to get together and do Very good and exciting projects. So they kind of like the management even though they have the talent and the skills They require somebody to manage these people So Zana what types of business processes can entrepreneurs use tool years for? To help them take it to the next level. What what are the types of tools and services inside the platform the moment We have 16 products and they are all self diagnosis tools Okay, so it's like a personality test on the company not on the individual and the the idea of this test Is to understand the business and especially to realize the soft spots of the business the areas that you they are not as Developed to transform them into gross enablers. So what are some of those 16 if you can give us some examples? Yeah, business tool is one of the the tools Okay, and it looks at 16 dimensions of the business starting with strategy marketing the Normal ones then going into more innovative dimensions like innovations super star culture and then going into the leader itself and It shows you exactly where the problems of the company are because every company is developed by the Entrepreneur by the owner in certain areas more than in other areas based on the experience of the of the Entrepreneur and based on the stage where the company is okay There are always There is always room to improve the company and this is exactly what business plans shows the room exactly the growth potential That is not exploited to the maximum and then if you find where you're I guess your gap It'd be like a gap analysis would be the output where you've got some some holes to fill exactly What does the entrepreneur do then I'm Deficient in at number seven then then what do I do whatever number seven might be He understands where the problem is or challenges Okay, and he either does it by himself or he contacts us as the tool developers and as a consulting company Okay, and we can put together a plan for him to develop that particular area And is it is it kind of a one-time assessment or is it designed in such a way that it's an ongoing Process where you're constantly kind of reevaluating where you are to get your score up. I guess it does put numbers to to non quantitative Elements so yes, ideally any company would use it twice a year twice a year So they they measure the company now and they see the gaps And then they do something about it for the next six six months And then they measure again and then after six months they measure again Okay, and it's also an instrument to measure the differences in perception between Key people within the same company so the the manager the general manager can have one of you and Marketing person can have a different view and this can show the differences And this is also something that the company needs to reflect and work upon. Okay, Ozana We have a very big audience on silicon angle dot-com in International and I want to get your perspective because there's been a huge resurgence in the past You know five to six years with web apps in particular in the international and with venture capital to you seeing a lot more action in Europe London and Amsterdam seem to be the hotbeds for the entrepreneurship as that gateway kind of the Silicon Valley kind of mindset What are you seeing out in as territories for venture capital in the startup scene? What's it like there? How is it different than say Silicon Valley here? I would say that there is a lot of entrepreneurship in Europe There is a lot of government initiatives to help startups with incubators with grants as well and There there are VCs interested in Investing but this is a much much larger scale and the much larger vision here If you don't talk one billion market at least or sales People are not interested whereas in Europe if you talk hundred million. It's good enough. It's a different scale Silicon angle. We're gonna be a billion dollar business Take no VCs Hundred million in Europe. No, and I'll serious note. I mean the question about Let's talk about London and Amsterdam because when I go to Europe I love going those two cities because they seem to be the epicenter for the action Capital markets and entrepreneurship. Is that true is other areas that are like Yes In East London the government now is developing a big part of it transforming it into an incubator or into a say business part for for startups technology But and they also offer some grants and there is some movement and some attraction Because it's easier to do business in England versus other countries in Europe But I believe from my point of view Luxembourg is a better proposition because They attract they give grants to innovative projects and research and development Talk about the Obviously out here. We have Google. We have you'll impact at the birthplace of Silicon Valley Google Facebook and tell Cisco Apple What's the Apple? What's the Google? What's the Facebook of Europe? Is it Skype? I mean when people have the top point of sky talk about Luxembourg That's where their headquarters get ice cream was a hotbed for a while then it kind of went south Is what what are the companies out there that that people point to it saying that's our Google? Okay For example, Twitter is very popular in in the UK, but it's totally non-popular in Eastern Europe Skype is something that everybody uses because it's free and it's good service Facebook It's huge with everybody in Eastern Europe is less popular though. I believe in in England But it's the same companies and the same What's missing in Europe for entrepreneurship in your mind in your opinion? the go get it attitude and Failure is good. It's good acceptance and attitude if you fail in Europe. You're done Good thing we don't have that here So good valley. It's a pelt on your, you know, that's right on your water I mean no one likes to fail but failures accepted and encourage people love to come back It's a little valley. That's one of the big stories here Is that if failures accepted because it takes a few times to get going but everyone loves to see the comebacks And that's one thing I can tell you that I've observed On the venture capital capital markets, what's the scene like there people getting like the same kind of funding terms as it? Is good angel market as it could be see It started to emerge and develop into organized platforms or associations with with angels that Funnel the deal flow into an organized way to species and to angels however, the valuations are lower the amounts invested are lower and I my perception is that it's also more difficult to raise finance there than here Talk about your meetings here in Silicon Valley and we're in San Francisco. You have two years calm, which is the Company that we're talking about here Are you doing meetings? So you're doing business development recruiting? What are some of the things that you're doing? Well, it's my first trip here for business purposes. I've been here many times in the US for for pleasure I'm here for a month just to understand how this environment works And to compare and see the similarities and the differences between here and Europe, which I know I'm here to make contact which I I've started. I've attended two three events per day I've met a really wonderful people and my my goal after this month is to Go back to Europe with a different vision. I've actually changed my pitch and the way I present to ears and and the way and also I think I'm I grab I grasp a Better the concept of two years and how to present it to people and after this month, I'm planning to go back to Europe follow up on on the contacts that I've made and Carry on with the interaction and the plan is to come back here Once every month or so and then move here whenever I'm ready So where's your development organization? You've obviously got roots all over it. So it is in Romania I've had some people from the UK With the high-level stuff But the majority of the people that worked on this and there are more than 30 people are in Romania, okay? And why fluent why of on your on your US tour are you here? What what is it that that fluent offers you that that made it special? I believe it's a good platform for me to to launch here and to to present all yours to a bunch of interesting people and Be amongst People where things are happening. Yeah, good. I'm also participating in a competition for for startups I'm hoping to be selected to be the winner. We might have you back on again. If you went Was on Augusta here inside the queue from Europe by doing some biz dev tool ears comm tool I ER S comm and thanks for coming inside the queue We're pleasure to chat with and best of luck and bridging the two together is really great vision And I think it's needed education and communications and and collaborations big part of the future of the web So congratulations. This is Silicon angle comms the queue We'll be back with more exclusive coverage of right fluence conference Text us chat with us tweet us. I'm at Furrier F. You are our IDR We'll answer any question you have about what's going on the developer community all the hot trends Obviously convergence mobile social real-time all that's good stuff happening here. We're on the ground for two days live This is of the queue right back with our next guest after this short break