Photo by S.N. Astra It was 9:02 am. The meeting was about to start. He yawned, and looked around…a conference table filled with a couple of women and mostly men looking down their notes ready to go to battle. He had five more minutes, and he excused himself to go…

2020 in the rearview mirror January started pretty well, even the winter was mild, with no major snowstorms; I was in Crete and had plenty of fun with my cousin. All looked rosy, the economy and the stock market were up, and everyone was saying how easy will be for…

The Virtual Boston Marathon is here. A weird day for me. I was one of the lucky ones to escape the Bombing with a few scratches and a lot of emotional trauma. Marathon Day has been a difficult one for me. Especially the first couple of years, I had to…

April 30th That was a weird month! Someone asked me “how are you?” And the first inclination is to say “l am healthy and I am fine and grateful” but the truth is that I am not ok. It’s not ok to celebrate Easter on the laptop, to light the…

Investment Outlook 2020 It is inevitable that the US economy will have a recession during the 2020 year because of COVID-19. We should to go back to the last recession of 2008, examine the similarities and differences, and identify opportunities for the next 3–4 years. In 2008 the US unemployment…

Easter and Holy Week is coming, and I remember with sorrow the past years. Years that I was younger and arrogant and “small” and I was so easily saying “next time”. Palm Sunday, I could have gone to church and see my friends and collect a few palms to take…

It was quarter of six. “I am up, no need pretending I am sleeping any more”. The alarm clock will go off in 15 minutes…but I got up. The pasta was eaten, the mandatory sleep rest was complete, I was now nervous for my first ever Marathon race; a historic…

Startup Virtue: Practice Patience or Fail Fast? We entrepreneurs are wired to get things done. We are constantly chased by the burn rate, the pitch deadline, the release countdown and the launch date. We must say what we are doing and then simple do it. The latest mantra for startups…

I saw bright lights, and my mom’s smile and tears I saw her face and glasses, I saw my father’s chest I saw doctors who cared and nurses who knew I saw grandmas and big hugs, kisses, songs and love I saw cameras and phones and people with gifts I…