Today is International Women’s Day, a day that is much celebrated in Italy. People are queuing in front of flower shops, there are generous discounts for the occasion and women are put in the limelight. However, International Women’s Day is also about awareness, as this is still very much needed. This blog therefore has a …
Last Tuesday, while being on a tour on the Via Appia Antica, the most important road in the ancient Roman Empire, I met an American man of about sixty-five years old who had a pretty impressive life story. He told me about how he was one of the guys that had launched MTV in the eighties …
Afgelopen dinsdag leerde ik tijdens een tour op de meer dan tweeduizend jaar oude Via Appia Antica, de belangrijkste weg uit het oude Romeinse rijk, een Amerikaanse man kennen van een jaar of vijf-en-zestig die een behoorlijk indrukwekkend levensverhaal had. Hij vertelde over de oprichting van MTV en de miljoenenverkoop van zijn softwarebedrijf en hoe hij …
Martedì scorso, mentre facevo un tour sulla Via Appia Antica, la più importante strada dell’antico Impero Romano, ho incontrato un americano di circa sessantacinque anni che aveva una storia di vita piuttosto impressionante. Mi ha raccontato di essere stato uno dei uomini che avevano lanciato MTV negli anni Ottanta e di aver venduto la sua società …