Dimitar Stanimiroff from StackExchange and others in Bulgaria helped the author with their Lean event and LeanSpark conference. Jon Bradford introduced the author to Eleven accelerator where the author did workshops. Stanislav Sirakov from LauncHub invited the author back to teach. Now the author regularly teaches at Eleven and Launchub. The author is encouraged to live in Sofia by Mihaelena Damianova who helps find an apartment. The summary identifies several individuals in Bulgaria's startup community that helped and supported the author.

1. helpful people on my journey
Dimitar
Stanimiroff,
a friend at
StackExchange in
London,
says “try a Lean
event in Bulgaria.”
Ivo Vasilev and Lino
Velev of Start IT Smart
collaborate with me for
the LeanSpark
conference.
Jon Bradford
introduces me to
Sofia’s Eleven
accelerator, where I
return for a quick
workshop.
!
Stanislav Sirakov
from LauncHub
invites me back to
teach there. Now,
I’m regularly in
Bulgaria to teach
at Eleven and
Launchub.
Boyan Benev and
Stephan Gantchev
invite me back to
speak at Balkan
Venture Forum.
Chris Georgiev
organises the
Course
Correction
meetup at
Betahaus.
!
Mihaelena
Damianova,
then at Eleven,
encourages me
to seriously
consider living
in Sofia, and
helps me find
an apartment.

2. sofians who’ll help you
You probably already
know Start IT Smart,
Eleven and LauncHub.
!
They’re constantly on
the lookout for ways to
help and build the
community, so letting
them know your
challenges is useful.
There are
particular people
who can find you
help and turn
your request into
a fast meetup to
help you now.
!
These are the
people I’ve seen
do this so far, so
hit ‘em up! Put
them to work for
you! :)
Alex at Betahaus
@betahaussofia
Chris at StartUP
@chrisgeorgiev
Vessy at Eleven
@vtasheva
Stan at LauncHub
@stansirakov

3. advantage
sofia

4. salim@foundercentric.com
@foundercentric

5. salim@foundercentric.com
@foundercentric
@saintsal

6. “Why do you live here?”

7. lifestyle

8. travel
convenience

9. bulgarian
culture

10. roma

11. “Seriously,
why do you live here?”
- Bulgarian Border Police

12. you met a girl,
right?

13. responsive
community

14. you GOTTA ASK.

15. bulgarian
optimism

16. Centric
Startup community is not about hubs. It’s
P2Pby cote

17. dejan - content 360

18. you GOTTA ASK,
the right way.

22. sofia’s doing
things right

23. stumps

24. ШУРОБАДЖАНАЩИНА

25. our community
is like family

26. still
GOTTA ASK.

27. HOBOШУРОБАДЖАНАЩИНА

28. reach

29. just ASK!

30. please recommend this
fnc.io/whysofia
!
!
Ask me anything
salim@foundercentric.com
!
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