Written by Mihai Dragan on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 ( 9 responses )
Tags: agency, mb dragan, three years
I started MB Dragan, the agency I run today, with a dream in mind – creating a new, better, interactive agency. The best in the world.
Three years have passed but they seem like ten to me. It was harder than I would have ever imagined. The last one was the hardest. It was full of sleepless nights, stressful deadlines and issues I never thought I would have stumble upon.
I wish I could say everything went by like a breeze but it didn’t. Some people let me down and I’ve let others down. Promises got broken. Some dreams too.
I had tough choices to make. Choices that keep me awake at night. I’ve made mistakes of which I am sorry. Mostly in my private life.
But through the darkest times I’ve realized how bright some stars can really shine. I am thankful to have met people like mr. Alex Buga, Gabi Nistoran and Andrei Gheorghe, which became my associates. I am honored by their presence and trust.
It’s not just about them. I thank all those I can still call colleagues and which I treasure more than I can say, although it’s getting harder to say it, being a larger group now.
We are the fastest growing agency in Romania. The people that joined this group are the best of breed in this domain. With a background like this, things aren’t always easy but the goal and path that lie ahead seem clearer by the day. We will be the best digital agency in the world. The agency for tomorrow.
Written by Mihai Dragan on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: 2 years, agency, mb dragan
I haven’t had a chance to write about it but MB Dragan has turned 2 on February the 2nd.
It’s been a hell of a ride and I am glad I had a chance to meet all these great people and do all the amazing things we’ve did.
We’ve launched websites, interactive campaigns, viral campaigns, online branding projects, blogs, social media campaigns, iphone webapps and many others. But most important … we tryed to make it fun.
We now have colleagues in three cities and espect even more this year. We plan to make the next step heading west.
I would like to thank all my colleagues for their passion and hard work and especially to my dear friend and partner, mr. Alex Buga. Keep up the good work.
Written by Mihai Dragan on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 ( 3 responses )
Tags: brainfuck, brainrock, creativity, mb dragan, team
One of the interesting things we do at at agency is we all get together in the attic, every Tuesday at 12 PM and discuss ideas. We call it Brainrock.
How do we do it? There is one guy or gal presenting a given subject for about 15 minutes (it doesn’t matter if it has anything to do with the agency, internet, work or whatever). After those 15 minutes the hole team debates on the subject. It’s like a brainstorm with no purpose other than to trigger new concepts, encourage creative thinking and … well … have a good time.
We like to “baldly go where no one has gone before”. We start with usual things like “The future of computing”, “Human evolution from wildness to modern time”, “Social condition of prostitutes” and end up with interesting (well … sometimes weird) theories regarding the financial crisis, human collective thinking, a future with no privacy, mind control or psychokinesis. Yeah, we think too much 
.
I don’t know of other such activities in agencies (the closest you will get to this is the usual, boring, “do we have to do this … ?” brainstorm). It is however a very good way to a. exchange information between different types of creatives (programmers, designers, copywriters, account managers, strategy planners even sales managers and executives – we all consider ourselves creative people) and b. discover new ways to look at common subjects.
Did I mention we used to call it Brainfuck?
