This Orthodox Easter Sunday, April 16th 2023, was marked by the passing of Ms. Efrosyni ‘Frósso’ Perganta at the age of 99. Ms. Perganta, who lived all her life at the beautiful village of Distomo on the foothills of Mount Parnassus, near the ancient city of Delphi in central Greece…

Greece today celebrates the anniversary of the 1821 Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which eventually led to the creation of the modern Greek State (internationally know as the “Greek war of independence”). The current situation in our small county, however, is quite worrying. The image below summarizes it perfectly: I couldn’t ever be more anxious about the future of this country than I am today. My last hope is that our people will — finally — wake up, become conscious of their duty as citizens and stand up against this dystopia in any way they can.

A healthy working environment is all about leadership. Interestingly, most startups which manage to grow and succeed actually do so thanks to their culture and attractive working environment. …

Il faut le dire: Je suis accro. Heureusement pas aux drogues mais aux téléphones portables et surtout aux leurs applications. Il y a quelques années que je m’en suis rendu compte. Au début j’ai décidé de quitter les réseaux sociaux, comme Facebook, Twitter, Instagram et LinkedIn. Mais cela ne suffisait…

Dear members and friends of the Movimento Insieme for the European Federal Union, Back in April 2020, shocked by the apparent lack of solidarity among the EU Members States during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, we dreamed of “Movimento Insieme” as a wide, pan-European peoples movement for the creation…

I recently took the initiative to launch the Work-in-Greece program as well as a pertinent group on meetup. This initiative comes as a natural next step from the success of the Scale-up Greece meetup. The mission of the latter is to promote scale-up entrepreneurship by demonstrating successful scale-ups out of…

In several European countries (and not only in European ones) there’s a heated debate on the so-called ‘brain-drain’ phenomenon. …

The sudden (at least, perceived as such) passing of Queen Elizabeth II signals the end of an era. The World’s history has now turned a new page. Born in 1926, the Queen played a role in WW2, actually serving in the British armed forces (in a supportive role, apparently). Her…

This Monday September 5th marks the 22nd anniversary since the creation of our first company at the Science and Technology Park of Crete in Heraklion. What now seems simple and business as usual, was quite unusual back then, especially when it comes to a startup founded by undergrad students. We…