This has to be the best week so far. My boyfriend came to visit me all the way from USA, and we had the retreat which was a blast for everyone.
Thank you everyone for being so nice and welcoming to Mike :)
I enjoyed spending time with everyone; swimming, sailing, laughing, cooking, and of course doing the 'hot seat' exercise.
What was really productive for me this week was the meeting with Klaus (Universum executive). Before the meeting I was in charge to talking to Universum employees and find out more about what they do and how we can work together in the future. I learned that Universum and Nova can collaborate very well in the future. Nova will benefit quite a lot from Universum's already on the ground business, and Universum can benefit from Nova's highly selected network. Klaus is a very practical and rational person, and I highly value his ideas and opinions. I wish we could work more with him.
As per Gustav's meeting (Burning Man), I feel like it was unnecessary given that he does something completely different from what Nova will do or does. As a matter of fact, I think we've talked to way too many people in the start-up community. Nova's focus will not be a start-up one; therefore, talking to all these entrepreneurs is kind of confusing with our ideas. It would have been more valuable had we talked to some real professionals and got their opinion on what we are doing or will do.
My 2 cents for the week.
Stay Fabulous!
Ella
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