The Vision behind the App

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Beyond Borders: Evolving Piroi | my BUSINESS IN ROMANIA® from Local App to Global Platform

Bucharest, 04 June 2025

 

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1 Introduction. Three-Stage Growth Strategy for a Global Business Intelligence App​

 

Staying ahead of business regulations is a universal challenge—whether you're an entrepreneur in Bucharest or an investor in New York. When Piroi | my BUSINESS IN ROMANIA® launched as a mobile app delivering Romanian tax and legal updates, it quickly proved the demand for simplified, real-time business intelligence. In its first week, Piroi reached the Top 10 of Romania’s App Store news apps, alongside global brands like Reddit and Google News. This early success was more than a local win; it validated a vision of something much larger.

 

Behind this single-country app is an evolved three-stage growth strategy: local specialisation, regional hubs, and a global integrated platform. Each stage builds on the last, expanding the app’s scope from one country to an entire region, and ultimately to a worldwide network for international business operations. In this article, we’ll explore each model, their benefits, and how together they unlock a future where cross-border business is easier and smarter than ever. By the end, you’ll see the unique long-term potential of the platform and why now is the moment to get involved.

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1.1 Model 1: Localised Single-Country Apps (Deep Local Focus)

 

The first growth model is straightforward: a dedicated app for a single country’s business environment. Piroi’s journey began here with my BUSINESS IN ROMANIA®, focusing on Romanian laws, taxes, and regulations. The strength of this model lies in deep localisation. Everything—from language and terminology to content categories—is tailored to one jurisdiction’s needs. Users get highly relevant, up-to-date information on their country of interest.

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Benefits: A local app becomes an essential companion for entrepreneurs, accountants, and investors within that country. In Romania, for example, businesses face rapidly changing tax and payroll rules and often struggle with fragmented sources of information. Piroi addressed this by consolidating official updates, expert commentary, and even audio summaries into one mobile feed. The result is clarity and speed: no more digging through government PDFs or missing a regulation that slipped under the radar. User engagement is high because the content speaks directly to local challenges. And as the App Store rankings showed, a well-executed local app can quickly gain traction and trust.

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Proof & Traction: The localised approach confirmed a strong product-market fit. Getting Romanian users onboard proved that busy professionals crave a mobile-first way to stay compliant. This validated MVP (minimum viable product) established a playbook that could be repeated elsewhere. Just as importantly, it built credibility – backed by a team of 20+ tax and financial experts in the Group Expert Consulting firm – showing that the model works with proper expertise behind it. In short, Model 1 set the foundation. It created a single-country “business advisor” that people rely on daily, and it gave the Piroi team the confidence and data to expand further.

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1.2 Model 2: Regional Hubs (Connecting Neighbouring Markets)

 

The next evolution is regional hub apps: platforms that serve multiple neighbouring countries under one roof. Rather than launch completely separate apps for, say, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia, a regional hub can integrate all their content in one place. This approach has several strategic advantages. First, it streamlines expansion – new countries can be added to the hub without reinventing the wheel each time. Second, it better serves users with cross-border interests. Many companies in one country do business across the region; a hub lets them switch context easily and get updates from all relevant jurisdictions.

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Benefits: Regional hubs unlock economies of scale in content creation and technology. Editorial processes can be shared across countries, and expertise flows more freely between local partner firms. For example, a Balkan Regional Hub could involve accounting and law firms from Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece collaborating. If Romania implements an EU directive, professionals in Bulgaria can learn from Romania’s implementation via the platform, and vice versa. This knowledge transfer makes each country team stronger. It also ensures consistent quality – the same app standards apply across the region. For multinational clients operating in that region, a hub is a one-stop resource, eliminating the need to juggle separate apps or websites for each country.

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From a growth perspective, regional clustering is efficient. It allows expansion into smaller markets as part of a bigger package, aligning with investor preferences for repeatable, templated growth. It is easier to market too: users see a bigger picture (“Business in Central Europe” or “my BUSINESS in Southeast Asia”) that promises broader insight. In practice, a regional hub might have a simple toggle or filter by country, but a unified interface. The user experience remains seamless, while behind the scenes the content is localised per jurisdiction. In short, Model 2 bridges the gap between local depth and international breadth by grouping countries in manageable, logical units.

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1.3 Model 3: A Global Integrated Platform (The Visionary Leap)

 

The third model is where things get truly exciting: a globally integrated platform for international business. This is the visionary endgame that transforms a collection of country apps into a unified network. If Model 1 is about roots in local soil, and Model 2 is about regional branches, Model 3 is the entire forest – a connected ecosystem covering many jurisdictions but operating as one platform. Practically, this means once Piroi scales to multiple countries (through localised apps or hubs) that share similar structures, tags, and categories, all that knowledge can interlink. The platform evolves from a compliance news service into a powerful tool for cross-border operations and arbitrage.

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Unified Structure: At the core of the global platform is standardisation. Piroi’s content in each country is being structured in a compatible way – similar categories (tax, employment, regulatory etc.), consistent tags (like “VAT”, “Labor Law”, “Start-up Incentives”), and a common interface. With this backbone, a user could search or filter across all jurisdictions at once. For example, a CFO could pull up “corporate tax changes in 2025” and see results from every country in the network, side by side. The app becomes a comparative dashboard for doing business internationally.

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Beyond Compliance – Toward Strategy: A global platform doesn’t just keep you compliant everywhere; it helps you make strategic decisions. This is where “arbitrage” comes in. Businesses constantly look for advantages in different markets – be it lower taxes, talent availability, or favorable regulations. The platform can highlight these opportunities. Imagine getting an alert that a neighbouring country just halved its R&D tax rate, or introduced a visa to attract digital nomads. That’s actionable intelligence: you might consider expanding there or reallocating resources. Today, such news might be buried in local press or take months to reach a foreign investor. On a global Piroi platform, international opportunities surface in real time, personalised to your interests.

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Real Cross-Border Operations: Consider the operational headaches of a company active in 5 countries. Traditionally, their legal and finance teams subscribe to multiple newsletters, consult local advisors, and struggle to keep an overview. With an integrated platform, they could have one unified feed for all their jurisdictions. A morning notification might show: “Poland – New VAT rules for digital services; Germany – Upcoming labor law changes on remote work; Romania – Updated corporate tax filing deadlines.” Instead of reactive scrambling, the team has a proactive handle on all fronts. In this way, Model 3 turns Piroi into a control center for international business, not just a library of laws. It enables what we might call regulatory arbitrage in a positive sense: legally optimising where and how to do business across borders by having full visibility of the landscape.

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Notably, this vision was embedded from the start. The founders described a platform with “a specific national component […] and an international component, allowing the globalisation of the solution in any country in the world”. In essence, local apps feed into a larger whole. Once the structure is in place, scaling “my BUSINESS IN ____” to country after country leads to something unprecedented: a living, breathing atlas of global business rules and opportunities.

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2 Three Core Modules

 

The Piroi platform is designed to become a comprehensive, structured, and searchable tool for entrepreneurs, accountants, lawyers, and investors who do business across borders. Unlike fragmented sources of information, Piroi integrates country-specific and comparative insights into one mobile-first, intuitive application.

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2.1 Legislation Navigator – Practical, Structured, Searchable

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This module presents curated legislative updates in a standardised format across all countries. Information is grouped by core tax and legal categories (VAT, income tax, permanent establishment, payroll, independent vs. dependent work) and is searchable by keyword, theme, or use case. It helps users quickly understand what applies to them without digging through tax codes. This is not just a reading tool—it’s a decision-making instrument for those considering entering or operating in a given market.

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2.2 Tax Comparison & Opportunity Explorer

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This module becomes the interactive engine of the app. Users select countries, filters (e.g. lowest tax rates, conditions for fiscal residency), and investment goals. The app instantly generates comparative snapshots across jurisdictions: Where should I relocate my holding company? Where should I invest in real estate? Where is it easiest to start a business or hire staff? Think of it as a smart comparison table powered by structured editorial input—covering key tax rates, thresholds, incentives, and residency rules, wrapped into actionable visual summaries.

This enables real-world decision-making:
→ “In Malta, I import cars. In Romania, I farm. In Portugal, I manufacture.”
→ “In Q2, I exit Spain. In Q3, I expand to Eastern Europe.”

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2.3 Macro Dashboard – Strategic Investment Insight

 

At a higher level, the platform allows users to visualise macro indicators—deficit levels, interest rates, public debt, currency trends, and more—at country and regional levels. This macro-financial data supports investment risk assessment and helps rank jurisdictions not only by tax appeal but also by economic stability.

Used together, the three modules allow a user to answer:

“Where is the best country to open, expand, or restructure my business today?”​​

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3 Cross-Border Use Cases: How It Works in Practice

 

It’s one thing to talk about global functionality in theory. How would a globally integrated Piroi platform actually help users on the ground? Here are a few real-world scenarios that illustrate the value:

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• Multinational CFO Avoiding Surprises: Elena is a CFO managing operations in three European countries. Each morning she opens her Piroi app and checks a consolidated feed of compliance updates. Today, she learns one country in her region will raise its minimum wage next quarter, another just changed import tariffs, and a third updated its fiscal incentives. Because all this appeared in one place (with clear tags by country), Elena immediately coordinates responses with each local office. She no longer fears missing a critical update, and she can plan budgets knowing what’s coming. The platform saved her team from “fire-fighting” mode across emails and websites in multiple languages.
   

• Entrepreneur Seeking Best Market: David is a tech entrepreneur in the US considering European expansion for his startup. Through the global Piroi platform, he compares key business metrics in several countries at a glance. He reads about e-invoicing mandates in Italy, generous R&D tax credits in France, and the ease of hiring contractors in Romania. Using the app’s knowledge base, David finds that Romania has low taxes and a thriving IT sector, while France’s incentives might offset its higher taxes. He even discovers via Piroi that Portugal offers a “Digital Nomad Visa” (from a tagged update on cross-border employment rules). Armed with this insight, David chooses two target countries and reaches out to local Piroi-listed advisors to discuss next steps. The platform essentially performed a preliminary market scan for him – something that would have taken weeks of research or expensive consulting otherwise.
   

• Multinational Accounting Firm Streamlining Knowledge: An accounting firm has offices in 10 countries and dozens of multinational clients. They partner with Piroi’s platform to contribute expert content in each locale and use it internally. Their tax consultants receive instant alerts through the app whenever a new law passes in any of the countries they cover, ensuring they advise clients ahead of time. Instead of each local office maintaining separate update newsletters, the firm leverages the unified platform – reducing duplication. Moreover, by contributing articles (branded with their firm’s name), they gain visibility among the app’s international user base. When a company using Piroi in Brazil expands to Mexico, they see content written by this firm’s Mexican experts and naturally turn to them for help. In this way, the platform not only aids the firm’s knowledge management but also acts as a referral engine for new business across borders.
   

Each scenario shows a different angle of the same core benefit: making cross-border business simpler and smarter. Whether it is avoiding compliance pitfalls, scouting opportunities, or leveraging global expertise, the integrated platform empowers users to operate with a level of confidence and efficiency that didn’t exist before.

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4 Global Themes: Knowledge That Adds Value Everywhere

 

Another advantage of a globally connected platform is the ability to tackle horizontal themes—topics that matter across many jurisdictions. By curating content around these themes, Piroi delivers value beyond any single country. Here are a few high-impact examples:

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• Permanent Establishment (PE) Rules: One of the trickiest issues in international business is knowing when your activities in a foreign country become a taxable permanent establishment. The definition of a PE (such as a fixed place of business, or dependent agent) and thresholds (like duration of activity or revenue) vary by tax treaty and local law. Content under this theme demystifies PE rules across jurisdictions. A user can quickly grasp, for example, that “storing inventory in Country X for over 6 months might trigger a PE” whereas in Country Y it might not. This knowledge is crucial for tax planning—helping companies avoid unwanted surprises and structure their cross-border operations optimally.

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• VAT for Digital Services: The rise of digital goods and services means even a small startup can sell globally—and incur complex VAT obligations. Different countries have different rules (e.g. the EU’s One-Stop-Shop scheme vs. separate local registrations). The platform can provide a comparative view or guide on “VAT rules for digital sales”, helping businesses avoid double taxation or penalties. Users learn which thresholds apply where and how to stay compliant when selling abroad, all in one knowledge hub.
   

• Cross-Border Employment: In an age of remote work, hiring talent across borders is common—but each hire can trigger questions about work permits, tax residency, and labor laws. Content under this theme shares insights like hiring a remote developer in another country, or how “digital nomad” visas and tax rules work in different places. Companies expanding their distributed teams can compare, say, the ease of contracting in Country A vs. setting up a payroll in Country B. This horizontal knowledge helps optimise global workforce strategy.
   

• E-Invoicing Mandates: Governments worldwide are adopting e-invoicing to combat tax evasion and streamline VAT reporting. The rules and timelines differ country by country (for instance, Italy led with mandatory e-invoicing, while others are following suit). Piroi’s global content would track these mandates, so a company operating in 5 countries can see when each will require electronic invoicing and prepare accordingly. Instead of reacting last-minute to each new law, they get a panorama of e-invoicing rollouts and can upgrade their systems in a coordinated way.

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• ESG and Sustainability Compliance: Environmental, Social, and Governance regulations are becoming mandatory for companies globally. From the EU’s detailed sustainability reporting (CSRD) to other nations’ climate disclosure rules, the ESG theme aggregates what multinationals need to know. A sustainability officer could use the app to track how different countries are imposing carbon reporting or diversity requirements. This global ESG dashboard means a company can ensure it meets all standards in each jurisdiction and even identify countries with forward-thinking incentives (or penalties) around sustainability. As ESG moves from voluntary to required, having a single view of these obligations worldwide is a major value add.

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By covering such horizontal themes, the platform transcends being a “news app” and becomes a knowledge platform. These topics offer high-level insight that any globally minded user or firm would find valuable. Crucially, because the content draws on local details from each country (via the network of experts), the information is both broad and deep. Readers get the 10,000-meters view and the on-the-ground specifics, all curated in context. This global perspective is something no single-country source or even traditional regional report can easily provide.

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5 Why Law Firms, Accountants and Multinationals Should Get Involved

 

A platform of this scale thrives on partnerships. It is not just end-users who benefit—contributors and strategic partners stand to gain significantly. Here’s how key stakeholders can leverage and profit from Piroi’s evolving platform:

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• Law Firms: For legal advisors, being part of the platform is a chance to demonstrate thought leadership and attract clients. By contributing articles or analyses (for instance, a new labor law update or guide to setting up a company in their country), law firms increase their visibility to an international audience. Each piece of content is an advertisement of expertise. When a foreign investor reads an update on, say, Spanish employment law written by Firm X, who will they call when they need local counsel? Likely that same firm. Additionally, law firms can use the app as a client service tool. Instead of sending out email newsletters, they can invite clients to follow their tagged updates on Piroi. It is a modern, mobile-friendly way to keep clients informed (and impressed). In short, firms that engage with the platform can grow their brand and client base globally, with relatively low effort marketing.
   

• Accounting & Consulting Firms: Accountants, auditors, and tax consultants find immediate utility in using Piroi—staying current with every tax change across their clients’ jurisdictions. But beyond consuming information, they too can contribute knowledge. Many accounting firms specialise in cross-border tax planning or transfer pricing; by sharing insights on the app, they highlight their specialties. Accounting firms can also explore co-branded deployments or licensing in their region, effectively using the platform’s infrastructure to launch their own client-focused apps (with Piroi’s engine underneath). On the operational side, an accounting firm can distribute internal regulatory updates through the app to ensure all international offices are aligned. The efficiency gain (one centralised feed instead of siloed country teams) can save time and reduce the risk of oversight. Ultimately, by collaborating with the platform, accounting and consulting firms modernise their service delivery and potentially unlock new revenue streams (like premium content or specialised country reports) shared via Piroi’s channels. Importantly, the platform’s founders being members of TIAG® (The International Accounting Group), part of the TAG Alliances®, means it is built on a network of trusted professional firms. Early-adopter firms can plug into this network, strengthening both their global connections and referral streams. Furthermore, given the app’s Harvard Business School-connected leadership and focus on quality, being featured as a content partner lends credibility.

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• Multinational Companies: For companies operating in multiple countries, Piroi’s platform is like having a personal business intelligence unit on call 24/7. By using the app, multinationals ensure that their leadership and compliance teams are never caught off guard by a regulatory change in any market. This reduces risk – fewer fines, less scrambling to comply at the last minute – and increases agility – faster response to new laws or opportunities than competitors. Companies can customise notifications so that, for example, the tax manager gets all tax-related alerts from 10 countries, while the HR manager subscribes to employment law updates. This targeted flow of information makes each department more effective. Moreover, multinationals can forge partnerships with the platform community: if they see a particularly insightful update from a law firm in Brazil, they might hire that firm for a project. Some forward-thinking corporations might even contribute content to the platform, sharing non-sensitive best practices or case studies (e.g. how they implemented e-invoicing in different subsidiaries). By contributing, they position themselves as industry leaders in compliance and gain goodwill. And for those with an eye on innovation, supporting Piroi’s development (as pilot users or investors) offers a chance to shape a tool they’ll rely on. The bottom line for multinationals is clear: being involved with this platform means smoother cross-border operations, better compliance management, and connections to expertise worldwide.
   

Ultimately, everyone wins by participating. The platform’s growth is a network effect story—the more expert contributors join, the richer the content; the more companies use it, the more feedback and improvement for all. This collaborative model is why Piroi’s team is actively seeking strategic investors, legal-tech partners, and regional content experts to localise and expand the platformpiroi.com. For those stakeholders, it is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a solution poised to scale globally.

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6 Visionary Yet Grounded: Why Now Is the Time

 

The idea of a globally integrated business platform is undeniably visionary. But it is grounded in a practical timeline and market reality. We’ve already seen the first stage executed - and the second one rolling: a successful country app in Romania and plans for regional scaling. The technology and content strategy have been built with replication in mind. This is not a leap of faith—it is a natural progression supported by data and user feedback.

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Importantly, market timing is on our side. Several converging trends make now the perfect moment to push toward a global platform:

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• Regulatory Complexity is Exploding: Around the world, governments are introducing laws at a record pace—tax reforms, digital regulations, ESG requirements, you name it. The compliance burden for businesses is growing, and keeping up is harder than ever. A tool that simplifies this has never been more needed.
   

• Mobile-First Solutions Are Underserved: In many countries, especially emerging markets, there’s still no easy-to-use mobile app for business compliance updates. Piroi is a first mover in Romania, and few competitors globally offer the same blend of real-time updates and expert insight in a mobile format. There’s a gap in the market that this platform is uniquely positioned to fill, country by country.
   

• AI and Tech Lower the Barriers: Curating localised content used to be labor-intensive. Today, AI-assisted translation and summarisation, plus smarter content management systems, mean we can scale to new languages and jurisdictions faster and at lower cost. The platform is built with modular infrastructure ready to plug in new countries efficiently. In short, the old hurdles to international expansion are diminishing.
   

• First-Mover Advantage: By proving the concept early and building an alliance of partners, Piroi has a head start. Each new country added increases the platform’s value exponentially (more data, more use cases, more network effects). This creates a virtuous cycle that latecomers will find hard to replicate. As the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now. We’ve planted the first tree in Romania; it’s time to grow the forest. Together.

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7 Future Potential: AI-Powered Business Scouting

 

Once this structured database matures, the app can evolve into an AI-based consultant. Imagine asking:

“Where should I expand my business?”
“What country offers the best tax-residency conditions for digital nomads?”
“Which country in Eastern Europe offers the best combination of low VAT and political stability?”

And receiving dynamic, data-backed suggestions—based on tax rates, macro trends, and even case studies from the Piroi platform.

 

8 Final Thought: One Platform, Many Countries, No Guesswork

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What Bloomberg Terminal is to financial traders, Piroi can become for international entrepreneurs. Standardised, multilingual, tagged by themes, searchable by situation—not just to read, but to act.

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A business owner doesn’t need to visit dozens of tax office websites. They just open the app.

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​9 Conclusion

 

The vision for Piroi | my BUSINESS IN ROMANIA® is far more than an app about Romania. It is about reimagining how businesses access critical knowledge in a globalised world. The strategy has been laid out in three stages—local, regional, global—each with clear purpose and proven value. We’re now at a juncture where the third stage is within reach, turning a series of localised successes into an integrated global platform for international business operations.

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The invitation is open to investors, partners, and globally minded professionals: join us in building this platform. It is a chance to be part of something innovative that addresses real pain points with practical solutions. The long-term potential is unique—a network that makes the world’s business rules and opportunities accessible in the palm of your hand. And the time to get involved is now, when together we can shape the journey from the ground up. This blend of visionary outlook and grounded execution is what makes Piroi’s mission compelling. It is not just about staying compliant; it is about enabling companies everywhere to thrive across borders. Now is the moment to turn that vision into reality, and we’re excited to partner with those who share it.

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Piroi Team

 

Dr. Maria Piroi – Product & Content Strategy
PhD in Accounting, licensed tax advisor, accountant, and auditor, with 20+ years’ experience in accounting and tax advisory for multinational clients. Leads editorial oversight.

 

Dr. Bogdan Năstase – Vision & Platform Development
PhD in Management, licensed tax advisor. Coordinated the Information Office of the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. Studied at Harvard Business School. Responsible for market expansion, partnerships, and strategic positioning.

 

Backed by a team of 20+ experts, covering content generation, international regulatory compliance, IT and data security.

Together, we bring a unique combination of technical expertise, international vision, and local insight, validated in a professional services firm, Member of TAG Alliances®, with 25 years of client-facing experience.

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Contact

 

To schedule a call with the founders, contact:

+4073-TAX-NEWS
contact@piroi.com
Group Expert Consulting 2000 SRL | Romanian Financial Network
Str. Dr Iacob Felix 21, Bucharest, Romania

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Our team will be attending the TAG Alliances® 2025 Europe, Middle East, & Africa Regional Meeting (June 12 - 14, 2025). If you'll be in Cyprus or attending the event, we’d welcome the opportunity to meet in person and explore potential partnerships.

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Piroi | my BUSINESS IN ROMANIA®
Business intelligence, simplified.

Built for clarity. Proven at launch. Designed to scale—together.

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