The grass is greener on both sides
I come from a background that constantly built on the habit of comparing myself to others.
Meaningful Work
It’s a game, I’ll play it again
As the elder of the two kids in my family, I have always been the responsible one whenever my parents were away. I was responsible for protecting my brother,…
Planning. The downside of a strength
It has been a while since my last newsletter as my first break from writing happened sooner than I envisioned. Funny enough, the article I was planning to send was about discipline and continuously moving on as one of my values and strengths.
Some lessons after 18 years of a business in retail
This January I celebrate 18 years since I started my first business as a spin-off from the family business. I was 20 at the time and in my second year of college. Although I was studying Finance and Banking, I was already working part-time in several places, including as a kids supervisor, a dance teacher in a kindergarten, selling cosmetics, and teaching French to the kids in the neighborhood. These jobs were unrelated to my studies, but I was strongly motivated to earn my own money.
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Gerard Koolen – the Generous Leader of Lugera
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.
From skills to meaning
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.
Adoptamstudenti.ro*- the crowdfunding platform that started from a conversation about education and zacusca**
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.
Cum am căutat sensul în relația mea cu munca
M-am apucat de muncit la 16 ani și 10 ani mai târziu nu mai știam cine sunt. Așa că am început să-mi las timp să mă descopăr și pe mine.
De ce este bun un MBA
În antreprenoriat, învățarea continuă este absolut necesară. Iar provocarea constă în alegerea potrivită a surselor de învățare.