Apostolos Apostolakis, 35, has received his diploma in Civil Engineering from National Technical University of Athens in 1996. In 1998 he co-founded with 2 friends e-shop.gr where he was involved until 2000, when he went to New York to get his MBA from Columbia University. In 2002 after graduation, he joined Boston Consulting Group where he worked as a consultant until 2004. In 2004 he rejoined e-shop.gr as a general manager where he serves until today. In 2010 e-shop.gr is the largest technology e-tailer in Greece and Cyprus, having 70 outlets in both countries, employing more than 500 people and expecting revenue for 2009 of 130 million euros. Apostolos is also a member of the executive board at the openfund a seed investing fund for internet and technology startups as well as a shareholder at weddingmall a company founded in 2009 aiming to facilitate the wedding registry process for newly weds.
Most people think that a company will go bust because it is loss making. This can be true if the company loses money for a long time, however it is lack of cash that will close down a business, even a successful one. A loss making business can sustain itself for a long time...
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Most people would say that entrepreneurship is selfish and creates value only for the entrepreneur. I totally disagree and I believe that sound entrepreneurship should create value for and be respectful of all participants in the ecosystem. An enterprise has an important social role, as it affects the lives of many people and can...
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One fellow entrepreneur giving a presentation once said that selling is good. When I heard it, I smiled with a childish and grateful joy. I totally concurred that this is the perfect way to describe and explain my idea of entrepreneurship and business. Entrepreneurship means selling constantly. From day 1 when an entrepreneur sets...
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