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10 Legal Lessons from our ‘Unimaginable Journey’

Posted by Jeff Fromm on March 4, 2010

In Aviad Meitar’s book, An Unimaginable Journey: How Pepsi Beat the Odds in Romania, he recounts his incredible experience in launching, building and selling the Pepsi business in Romania. His focus is on the business lessons and personal highs and lows (mostly highs) of that experience. Although he is also a lawyer (non-practicing), the book does not delve into the legal lessons of our journey.
As the General Counsel of Pepsi Romania from 1991-2006, here are the top 10 legal lessons that I learned, which I regularly have the chance to apply in current representations. Many of these lessons can be gleaned from the stories presented in Aviad’s book.

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Were the Vikings the First HR Executives? From Employment Relations Today

The roots of human resources can be traced back to an ancient society , the Vikings.
This presentation explains why.

How Pepsi beat the odds in Romania- NECN Interview

(NECN) – They were wild times for business people: The early years of the free market in the former Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. Aviad Meitar negotiated that landscape to build the Pepsi franchise in Romania. Meitar is an Israeli by birth, and is no stranger to New England. He has an M.B.A. From Boston University.
He tells his story in a new book, “An Unimaginable Journey: How Pepsi beat the odds in Romania”.

Watch the interview

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"Cred ca barbatii au invatat sa aprecieze mai mult abilitatile si calitatile unice ale femeii in business"

Publicat la 22 martie 2010
AUTOR: Daniela Ganciu

Aviad Meitar : “Gasesc ca femeile sunt intr-adevar competitive. Sunt extrem de dornice si nerabdatoare sa reuseasca pe piata muncii si consider aceasta o calitate si o plusvaloare oricarui managament.” Un unimaginable journey…sau cum sa lansezi o afacere in conditii defavorabile!! Un interviu-lectie despre succes, despre statutul femeii business in 1991 vs. 2010, despre rolul norocului in afaceri si citate motivationale aduse la rangul de reguli in business. Descopera o lectie de antreprenoriat cu autorul uneia dintre cele mai de succes afaceri de dupa 1989.

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“An Unimaginable Journey”, de Aviad Meitar sau drumul spre succes a unei companii multinaţionale

Cartea “An Unimaginable Journey”, scrisă de Aviad Meitar, a fost lansată astăzi la ceainăria Cărtureşti, în prezenţa autorului. Cartea descrie drumul spre succes a unei mărci americane, lansată la începutul anilor ’90 în România, şi arată cum o afacere poate avea succes chiar şi în condiţii defavorabile. Mai mult decât atât, cartea oferă o relatare la persoana întâi a modului în care un grup de antreprenori vizionari au trecut peste numeroase obstacole

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What Is An Unimaginable Journey About?

An Unimaginable Journey by Aviad Meitar is the incredible story of how a group of visionary entrepreneurs got the rights to Pepsi in Romania and built a thriving beverage company over a 15-year period.

Ever since my early visits to Romania, at the beginning of 1991, I felt that a special story was developing. The way the idea to set up a business in Romania first came about– by three non-business people situated in Kentucky, U.S., who were courageous enough to travel to the country just days after the bloody revolution there; the introduction to our investment group – through a connection of people that had played squash together in a unique setting;

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