Education & mentors
What stands behind the systems we build
Since 2016 I have invested consistently in learning: seminars, programs, founder communities, 1:1 coaching and hundreds of hours of courses and books, with notes I still use today. Everything we apply at iXelero went through that filter first, and then through the businesses I operate.
The path, in short
2012
First job
I start working and, in parallel, learning business from books and seminars.
2016
First events: Jim Bagnola, Zoltan Veres, Brian Tracy
March 2016, Cluj: Jim Bagnola at The Office (29 March) and Zoltan Veres at Golden Tulip (30 March). In October, One Day MBA with Brian Tracy. I start attending Lorand Soares Szasz's seminars — three times at “21 Secrets of Top Salespeople” — and go through Business Mastery several times.
2017
Real estate, first public talk, first US company
Masterclass with Paul Vincenti (RE/MAX) and his agent-training program. My first public talk at 5MS Cluj, after Ovidiu Oltean's intensive public-speaking course. The Amazonienii e-commerce program, with which I launched Milleby, my first online store — registered as an LLC in Wyoming (USA), with its own trademark.
2018
Unleash the Power Within — London
18–21 April 2018: a week as a volunteer at Tony Robbins's event, with access to every session and the firewalk, twice. In parallel, 1:1 leadership coaching with the John Maxwell Team (2018–2019).
2018–2019
Founder communities and consulting
The Startup Academy community (Paul Coman), BT Mic events for entrepreneurs, Călin Biriș's digital-marketing courses, and 1:1 consulting with Ovidiu Toader — an entrepreneur who exited to a multinational and is now a highly sought-after business coach.
2019
10X with Grant Cardone · Scale-Up 1000 with Cristian Onețiu
The 10X conference in Miami, on a ticket from Lorand Soares Szasz. The Scale-Up 1000 program in Bucharest (June 2019), followed by meetings and a focus group in Cluj.
2020
The crisis year — and the year with the most study hours
Cardone University end to end, Scale-Up Task Force, LSS crisis webinars and the NAGYRESTART conference — continuity plans, remote management, finance.
2022–2023
Management and sales systems
TBF's 30 Days MBA and management systems (Răzvan Căzănescu), Sell Like Crazy (Sabri Suby) — implemented in our sales process — and Taylor Welch's planning trainings.
2023–2026
Offer, acquisition, emotional intelligence
The Acquisition.com books and frameworks (Alex Hormozi), “The 5% Secret” (LSS), Zoltan Veres's Back to Yourself emotional-intelligence program and John Maxwell Team Romania seminars (most recently in 2025).
Moments along the way
I have also learned from
- Programs on the LSS platform: One Day MBA, Business Mastery, The Productive Magician, Talking About Money
- Paul Vincenti — the Total Agent trainings for real-estate agents
- Elena Cardone, Patrick Bet-David, John Assaraf
A few books I took notes on, from a personal library of 160+ titles
- The E-Myth Revisited — Michael E. Gerber
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen R. Covey
- Grit — Angela Duckworth
- Drive — Daniel H. Pink
- Buyology — Martin Lindstrom
- Sell Like Crazy — Sabri Suby
- $100M Offers — Alex Hormozi
These names are listed as the sources I learned from, not as endorsements from them.