Building businesses in Moldova with Alafina Capital. US entrepreneur and investor. Sharing the wins, mistakes and weird parts.
Las Vegas & Chisinau
Joined April 2013
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American entrepreneur. Increasingly building my life and businesses around Moldova. Manufacturing, real estate, distribution, investing ... and plenty of mistakes along the way. Follow me to watch me build companies in Moldova.
It is here in my hands!!! In case your employees are missing from work next week, you now know why.
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Interesting experience from Chisinau. Had to install some kind of psycho thermometer to conform to regulations. It literally says it measures something psychometric. Our people at the facility actually understand what it means (I hope, haha).
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November in Chisinau: early sunset on a quiet street, and a city that keeps building. I think I will maybe build something cool here. More info soon.
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The production space at Ileana Foods, still "în pregătire". Every week a little closer.
Secția de producție, încă în pregătire. Pas cu pas.
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Proud of our team at Beauty Prof 2026 in Chisinau. Skya is a new dermocosmetics brand we brought to Moldova, and people seem to love it. It is already available at most major pharmacies in Moldova.
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Invested in Skya, a dermacosmetics brand in Moldova. Our company will present at BEAUTY PROF 2026 at Moldexpo tomorrow. Excited!
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Long-term equipment finance is exactly what factories and farms here need. Good to see EXIM open for Moldova.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is officially open for business in Moldova!
What does this mean for local businesses and communities?
It unlocks long-term U.S. financing for Moldovan enterprises, farmers, and local governments to purchase world-class American equipment and modern technology.
The United States remains committed to deepening our economic ties in Moldova and investing in a prosperous future for both our nations.
🔗 exim.gov/resources/country-l…
Azi în Chisinau: teste ca să ne asigurăm că echipamentele sunt calibrate și apa este potrivită pentru Ileana Foods. Nu arată spectaculos, dar așa începe mâncarea bună.
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After living in the desert for many years, seeing rain in Chisinau on my way to work feels very refreshing.
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Went to Istanbul for a few days. Working in an interesting project about possibly bringing some cool stuff to Moldova. This infrastructure is great. Let's see how the meetings go. More info soon, maybe.
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Next week SKYA will be at Beauty Prof in Chișinău. I’m curious about something very basic: what do people actually pick up, ask about and buy when the products are sitting in front of them?
Four days of real customer conversations should teach us more than a lot of meetings.
I will post more about this in the coming days.
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Cuvântul nou pe care l-am învățat ieri în Moldova: "acuș", adică imediat sau în curând. Sună ca "acușer ginecolog". Baby coming soon.
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One lesson from fitting out the Ileana Foods space: every zone gets its own sink, its own tools and its own colors, so nothing crosses from raw to finished.
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Mături și mopuri pe culori, câte un set pentru fiecare zonă. Fabrica Ileana Foods este pregătită pentru inspecția ANSA și așteptăm autorizația ca să începem producția.
The weather in Chisinau is amazing today. Walking home from work on a quiet Sunday. Look how much empty parking there is :)
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Sunday in the Moldova office, and nobody else is here. Working out of this office is probably my favorite place to work in the world. I also met Ben Padelek (@PadelekBen) today. A nice, serious, interesting guy, and a pleasure to meet him.
