SPEAKING TO UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ATHENS
“I remember sitting in lectures at business school and thinking “why doesn’t my professor have any real life experience”?! It was an honor for me to share my real life business experiences with these future entrepreneurs.”
ARTICLE SUMMARY
I spoke with business school students in Athens about starting Ideoli with my business partner and building it internationally. Joining Pete Tsolis through the B-Cube initiative gave me a chance to share both the challenges and successes involved in leading across different cultures.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The workshop connected my business experience with students’ questions about international work.
Leading across cultures was a focus of the B-Cube session.
SPEAKING TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENTS ON MY GLOBAL BUSINESS AND GROWTH
I was asked to speak to the Business School students at the Hellenic American University in Athens, Greece with the Director of Business Programs, Pete Tsolis. Speaking about my experience as the co-founder and CEO of Ideoli Group, I was excited to join this class and the staff to talk about my experiences from starting the company with my business partner, all the challenges faced, the successes achieved, and what that meant doing it on an international basis.
This workshop is an initiative under a new B-Cube initiative of Hellenic American University on the skills and competencies needed to lead in different cultures.
Hellenic American University was established as a non-profit, United States institution of higher education through an Act of the General Court of the State of New Hampshire. Hellenic American University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and operates two instructional locations: one in Nashua, New Hampshire and the other in Athens, Greece.
CHECK OUT MORE:
B-CUBE HOW-TO SERIES: https://b-cube.gr/
AMERICAN HELLENIC UNIVERSITY: https://www.haec.gr/en
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellenic-american-college/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/haecgr/
IDEOLI: https://www.ideoli.com
Speaking to the students at the Hellenic American University in Athens, Greece.
BRINGING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE INTO THE CLASSROOM
The session connected the practical experience of starting and leading Ideoli with students’ questions about working across cultures. Sharing both the challenges and the successes gave the discussion a real company context.
For students and early-career entrepreneurs, the value of a conversation like this is the chance to examine decisions: how a partnership starts, how a team develops and how leaders adapt as a business works in different markets. Those questions sit behind the growth story.
Explore my keynotes and event appearances for more conversations about entrepreneurship and cross-cultural leadership, or read about the lighting business behind these lessons.
Speaking to the students at the Hellenic American University in Athens, Greece.
Discussing international markets and managing a global team with students in Athens.
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