Last week I spoke at the 'Antreprenor 2010' Conference in Bucharest, Romania. A number of people came up to me after my talk and asked me whether there were cultural differences between the UK and Romania and, if so, whether those differences would make it harder for networking to take hold.



More than once I was told that people in Romania are less willing to share ideas, contacts or advice with their competition. I was told that people are 'closed' to each other and it was unlikely that su...