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Gerard was born in Amsterdam where he embarked upon his first entrepreneurial endeavors and attended business school. Today, he runs Lugera, a staffing and recruitment company, located in 12 countries, mostly developing markets with a total of 700 employees, placing permanent staff between 3,000 to 5,000 people per year and 12,000 temporary staff members.
I had my first career mentor in my late twenties. I was already an entrepreneur for about eight years, but I had a strong feeling I was missing out by not having a corporate job experience.
There is a hypnotic flow of personal development events, tools, and quick fixes. Once you go on this path, it is so difficult to find the balance or to stop.
Când mă gândesc la toate activitățile mele dintr-o zi, aș putea să împart ceea ce simt în trei tipuri de stări.
In my culture, it is rare to hear about women being taught to be women. I know cases where women are taught to be housewives or to be attractive, but not fully women. Femininity is not something most of us learn about at home or in schools.
I was at the summer school Oxford for Romania, participating as mentor for the students' entrepreneurship project. Every Year, Oxford for Romania (OFR) offers a program for 25 high school students from Romania, very intelligent and curious to discover the world. Many of them come from vulnerable backgrounds, have never travelled abroad, nor dare to hope this may happen soon.