CEO Spotlight

"The way to a better life with health and in harmony with nature is symbiosis." The new business venture of Nikos Koutsianas and his wife Niki Koutsianas—after Apivita—is based on this philosophy and is called Symbeeosis. The name combines the word "symbiosis" in Greek—the harmonious coexistence of organisms—with the bee,...

Enaleia is a social, non-profit enterprise which follows the circular economy model. From its establishment till now tackles marine plastic pollution and overfishing, giving incentives to the fishers to fish sustainably and bring their plastic bycatches back to the port.  Enaleia has spread its winds not only in Greece bul...

The shareholder of IBOX BANK Alona Shevtsova has been listed among the TOP 50 most influential women in the fintech sector in Ukraine. This October, the Ukrainian Association of Fintech and Innovation Companies (UAFIC) published their rating of the most influential women in the field of financial technologies in Ukraine....

Chris Rapczynski is a general contractor and founder of Sleeping Dog Properties, Inc., an award-winning design/build firm in Boston. Over the past three decades, he has grown from an aspiring entrepreneur to one of the most respected and awarded general contractors in the Boston community. Rapczynski has left his mark...

The past few years have created significant repercussions for businesses and leaders alike. Different sectors faced different challenges, which amplified an unsettling global pandemic. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Drew Collier, CEO of LGM Financial Services Inc. As Canada’s leading provider of automotive finance and insurance, his...

Mikel Coffee Company started its operation in 2008 in a small town in Greece. Following a strategic growth plan all these years, managed to get a place among the larger and most popular franchises in the industry. Nowadays, Mikel Coffee Company counts over 270 stores in Greece, alone, and 340...

"Helession" after many years of research revived the Ancient Greek wine based on tradition, utilizing today's technology. Following the steps of Ancient Greeks who used to drink wine blended with water while dining, the Environmental Organization brought this philosophy into our glass in a way that not only the human...

"You don't wake up one day and think, 'Wow, I'd love to be doing an Ops job!'" says Catherine Mandungu; yet that's exactly what she is doing with her life. In fact, Mandungu is not just "doing an Ops job"; she's revolutionizing business operations through a revenue operations (revops) model...

Attracting clients is an ongoing conundrum for all business owners. From top-level entrepreneurs to local shop owners, and from online storefronts to established corporations, we can’t do business without customers. According to Presenceology Founder and CEO Mila Yoli, the actual issue is not attracting clients — but attracting the right ones....

For CEO Peter Szalontay, founding DataMilk was a hard-won victory — but he wouldn’t have it any other way. Today, his company offers the industry’s quickest and easiest enterprise e-commerce UX optimization and receives the highest praise from legions of thankful clients. “Company leaders are always aware of revenue and...