The official blog of Stathis Kassios for Business, Media, Economics & Arts

Please introduce yourself to the readers of this blog and update us on your latest ventures. My name is Sergali, I am originally from Kazakhstan, educated in the USA, and now living in Switzerland. My career brought to many different industries such as private equity, agricultural and construction equipment, all vertical chain of oil & gas businesses, and accumulating many social contacts through work and travel I decided to start a few social initiatives that would let me share interesting things among the people that I know and offer them a platform to network with each other at a cardinally new high-quality level. That's when I started my two latest ventures - I'm the Founder & Curator of TEDxLugano conference and the Founder & Owner of Swiss Social networking club. The goal and purpose of Greek Social Network Club and introduction to the wider global organization?  Greek Social is one of the daughter projects of Swiss Social (that became quite viral a...

The Best Business Book I’ve Ever Read by Bill Gates – http://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Business-Adventures?WT.mc_id=07_17_2014_BizBook_Out&WT.tsrc=Out Amazon’s new 3D printing store lets you build customized gear – http://bgr.com/2014/07/28/amazon-3d-printing-store/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBoyGeniusReport+%28BGR+%7C+Boy+Genius+Report%29 Argentina is — once again — in default. – https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140731203813-10400206-argentina-is-once-again-in-default-nbd?_mSplash=1 Others on the Aging of U.S. Firms – http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/others-on-the-aging-of-u-s-firms/ 5 Lessons From Silicon Valley for Developing Business Hubs – http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/236076 22 brilliant insights from adventurous entrepreneur Richard Branson – http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/02/22-brilliant-insights-into-adventurous-entrepreneur-richard-branson/ Hellene.gr: Crowdfunding καμπάνια για ηλεκτρονική πλατφόρμα π...

I'm very happy to announce that I will join Global Entrepreneurship Week and FoundersAccelerating in Dresden, November 22nd, in order to attend workshops with Halley Suitt Tacker and learn from crowding cases of international projects.  I'm also aiming to create a knowledge-sharing & networking bridge between Athens & Dresden for young Greek entrepreneurs willing to develop their start-up businesses through crowdfunding & global networking ! Please share the following link with your contacts and networks.   Halley Suitt Tucker , author of " Founders Less Than Three " a book on entrepreneurship & startups funded with the help of a  Kickstarter campaign - See more at: http://de.unleashingideas.org/activity/foundersaccelerating#sthash.52XhDF6T.dpuf   Halley Suitt Tucker , author of " Founders Less Than Three " a book on entrepreneurship & startups funded with the help of a  Kickstarter campaign - See more at: http:/...