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Speaking

Bring me into the room.

I speak to founders, teams and students about building something in a country that was not yours to start with. I have run a company since 2018, directed in twenty-eight cities, hold an MBA in finance, and am finishing a doctorate in organizational leadership. The talks come out of all of it.

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The talks

01

Trust Is Earned in Hours, Not Pitches

We asked our clients why they hired us. Nobody said the cameras. What they described was time: how fast we answered, how long we stayed, how little they had to chase. A practical talk on the unglamorous habits that win work and keep it.

Founders · Sales and client teams · Agencies

02

Starting From Zero in a Country That Was Not Yours

I arrived with an accent, no network and no clients, and built three companies in eight years. What actually transfers when you have no head start, what does not, and why the disadvantage becomes the asset later than you would like.

Universities · Immigrant and first-generation audiences · Entrepreneurship programmes

03

The Owner Should Still Be on Set

Every book tells you to work on the business, not in it. I run three companies and still direct every project myself. A candid look at what a leader should never delegate, what they must, and how to tell the two apart before it costs you.

Owner-operators · Leadership programmes · Boards

On camera

For organisers

Formats Keynote, fireside, panel, workshop
Travelling from Dallas, Texas
Audiences 30 to 1,000+
Languages English, Romanian
A/V needs Lavalier mic, confidence monitor, HDMI
Lead time Four weeks preferred

Contact

Tell me what
you’re building.

Every enquiry comes to me, and I answer them myself.

andrei@tonefilms.com (650) 918-9201

10437 High Hollows Dr #120
Dallas, Texas 75230

Notes by email

Occasional notes on building things in Texas.

A few times a year. No pitches, and one click to leave.