Global Greek Influence- Giota Pimenidou

How did Kosta Mavroulakis at the age of 16 realised he wanted to become an entrepreneur, in his early 20s the Digital Development Director of the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) securing £3.5m from the UK Government’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and now super connecting the Technology industry?

I meet again with Marios Koutsoukos to talk about pandemics in fiction novels and reality, as experienced by the human mind, regardless of time, space, social and technological achievements. “The Last Man” vs “The masque of the red death”: revealing our true selves and our finding our purpose vs being consumed by events.

Vasileios Inglezakis, a fellow chemical engineer, with miles of experience in research business and the academia, talks to the Global Greek Influence from Kazakhstan, about the magic of zeoponics and their importance to the following Mars mission, that technology has been lobbied but should remain the creative field of a researcher, the future of humanity is found in the bio- and info- technology...

Evangelos Karambelas, born in Greece, raised in Canada, currently living in the US and senior analyst for an investment platform focusing on US power generation assets talks about how the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) establishes and secures energy deals in the East Meditteranean between Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the US, his fellowship with the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CEL...

Yannis (John) Nomikos, a sociologist, specialised in business intelligence consultancy regarding security issues in the Balkans, North Africa and Mediterranean region, founder and director of the ThinkTank Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) (www.rieas.gr) talks about national security, the tensions in the Greek- Turkish borders and Dr Shohan's (former senior analyst in Is...

My thoughts on the coronavirus, “From the Earth to the moon” and the American Space Program, the flu pandemics, Democritus “atom theory of the Universe” and Aristotle, "pleonexia" and David Icke.

How to successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with discovering a dream career and adapting to a new country? Dominika Miernik, career coach and business idea generator discusses how motivation, rewarding, permission to allow flexibility to ourselves, plunge into the local culture when living abroad will enable us to make significant changes to our professional and person...

A solocast on the past 48 hours events taking place at the borders of Greece-Turkey. All humans are political beings, and as such, I express my personal opinion by reading about the events, not the news published and statements as non-expert but solely conveying my opinion as a democratic civilian who seeks the truth. On Turkey, Syria, Greece and the bully Sultan (aka dictator) Erdogan.

Kleanthis Kyriakidis, proud of his Pontic and Islandic ancestry, an assistant professor at the American University in UAE and former captain of the Greek (Hellenic) Navy, talks about the Middle East, misconceptions, objectivity through history and priorities in life.

I met Tassos Natsakis to talk about what it means living without nationality; that different cultures are alternative perspectives of universal human values, stoicism bringing mindfulness and that "the grass is not greener on the other side". Tassos was born in Thessaloniki, lived in Belgium, now located in Romania with his wife and son. As a mechanical and biomedical engineer, he works in the fie...

In this episode, Nelson Zambrano collaborated with Global Greek Influence. Nelson was born in the US by Colombian parents, moved briefly to Colombia during his childhood. He talked about his life lessons in the US army when he revisited Colombia, the impact 9/11 had in his decisions, how he got into the Real Estate business and his podcast "Invest in America", and why our actions determine our fee...

Meeting with Victor Osioh of the "Diaspora Chiefs" podcast: "We are all connected in search of happiness". "Happinness is infectious and a choice, connecting to people is a choice". "Resilience comes from owneship of ourselves". "Success is about being happy of the path we choose". 

Marijana took control of her life by identifying her own needs and not others expectations. She now introduces us to "Busyness for Happiness". We are most productive by focusing on our ourselves and entrepreneurship is about our self-expression.

Matilda talks about her ex-pat story: how strangers can enlighten our lives, becoming a PR expert after studying law and now a podcaster with "Coffee with Matilda- A journey to self", connecting us to our true selves which reflects our professional journey. Things happen for a reason; what we perceive as bad moments can save us from disasters.

Dr Dimitrios Kontziampasis talks about how he meets challenges in the academic environment, the Greek academia vs UK university, and how persistence, respect and values give one perspective in multidisciplinary engineering.

What if you decide to quit active research and communicate Science instead? Theo Anagnostopoulos, the founder of SciCo, talks about his journey and challenges he meets personally and professionally.

Marios Koutsoukos, an author of fantasy, historical fiction and non-fiction and lyrics writer of Greek and international extreme heavy metal bands, talks about how history inspires fantasy and vice versa, turning history and fantasy into lyrics and books. Motto: Die with no regrets.

I always thought there is more to having a career. Life is about dreaming and dreaming brings creation.