This is how Eos Karlsson describes what he does in his promotional video: “I’m a stuntman.” thefreedictionary.com describes stunt as, 1. A feat displaying unusual strength, skill, or daring 2. Something done to attract attention or publicity A stuntman is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career, intended for use in motion pictures […]

Dawn Venema, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, specialising in balance and mobility in older adults. She is an expert in the effects of ‘dual-tasking’ – the act of doing more than one thing at once, so that your attention is divided. […]

Let’s say that you like arias, and watched the performances of five different sopranos over the course of a year. You hadn’t listened to any one of them before. Taken separately, each soprano was very good. However, one of them, Sirkka Lampimäki, did something so unexpected, it made her impossible to forget. Even though what […]

Imagine that a producer is told: “The most prominent musicians in the world would like to use your new product!” And when he asks about the names of those musicians, he receives the following list: The Animals, American Blues, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond and many others… […]

In the screen in front of me I am watching a video showing Eros Ramazzotti and Tina Turner while they sing Cose Della Vita. They sing in a breath-taking harmony; one voice, but two languages. The current business environment may make it hard to establish a new business due to the need to achieve much […]

As an entrepreneur you need to be always fit. Both for the health of your body and your business… Specially in the beginning, you may not have enough employees to delegate all the jobs you handle. Therefore, you may be doing various secondary tasks like from throwing out the trash to tidying up the place. […]

“The number of live births in Greece fell 10 percent between 2009 and 2012, which is attributed partly to the repercussions of the country’s financial crisis.” reports the Greek daily newspaper Ekathimerini. People respond to the changes in their environment. A new business is a new baby too. Needs a lot of attention, energy and […]

Got it… You are in love with your business. ☺ You cannot spend even a second away from it. However, you need to remember that there is a limit to everything and every second you spend on your business has an emotional or financial opportunity cost of something else which couldn’t be done in that […]

Recently my doctor told me, “We will live into our nineties.” I don’t know whether to consider this news as positive or negative. ☺ I know that the average life expectancy is increasing due to technological progress and the improvements in the medical diagnosis and treatment methods. One can realize this specially in a restaurant […]

Years ago… My partners Cigdem, Sami in those days and myself, were sitting in the office of Sami one late evening. We had started a new business and decided to be one of the few producers of coloured bathroom accessories in the world. We had made our own designs, and were about to conquer the […]