Entrepreneur & Visionary
Aboutme
Building businesses in Romania since 1997. From IT to aesthetic medicine, every step was guided by curiosity and the desire to do things better.
About Ștefan
Born and raised in Galați, Romania, Ștefan Popa is a serial entrepreneur with a background in Automation and Computer Science. His entrepreneurial journey began in 1997 with the founding of Agress, an IT company in Galați.
After successfully running a chain of 7-8 GSM stores, Ștefan pivoted to aesthetic medicine in 2012, founding the first aBeauty clinic in Galați with an investment of €220,000 from personal funds and European project financing.
Today, aBeauty Clinique is a national network of 10 clinics, with over 65 specialists treating more than 4,000 patients across 28+ conditions. As an accredited project management trainer, Ștefan brings a methodical approach to scaling businesses.
Values
Performance
Through excellence — technology, processes and procedures that consistently deliver results.
Action
Agility, flexibility, deeds not just words.
Ethics
Doing the right thing for colleagues, clients, the environment and society, even when no one is watching.
Recommended reading
Good to Great
Jim Collins
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
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