Against Bookmakers

One of my acquaintances asked me to express my opinion on bookmakers, which have recently flourished in Kazakhstan. He is actively fighting against betting shops because he considers them to be an absolute evil. Moreover, he himself has suffered from them: his son is addicted to gambling and has spent significant amounts of money from the family budget, practically bankrupting …

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“The Right Messages in a Presentation”:

Some startup founders don’t understand what meaningful messages they need to convey in their presentations to different audiences.

For example, if you’re presenting your project to a government agency: the city administration, or ministry, you should emphasize the project’s governmental and social significance, for example, indicate how many jobs are planned to be created, how much tax revenue will be …

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The Primary Skill of an Entrepreneur

Before, I thought the most important skill of an entrepreneur was product knowledge, diving into its smallest details, and perfecting its quality.

Then I thought the most important skill of an entrepreneur was marketing, understanding the market, sensing trends, and feeling customer needs.

If you understand the market, you can easily create the perfect product for it.

But now I’m …

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Hatred towards critics

I remember once at a meeting, there was this “comrade” giving a presentation. One of the participants at the meeting criticized the presentation. He didn’t insult or demean the speaker, and he wasn’t against the speaker personally. He was only against the idea. But the speaker immediately flared up with intense hatred towards him.

It’s astonishing.

We automatically consider critics

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About “language raids”.

In recent days, a scandal has broken out in the Kazakh and Russian Internet space over the “language raids of Kazakh nationalists”.

I watched videos of these raids. I also read the statements of officials of the Russian Federation.

I will express my opinion.

But before that, a few introductory theses.

First.

At this stage of its historical development, the …

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Actions Prohibited in Business Activities

Recently, I parted ways with a partner. I realized that our approaches to business and life principles didn’t align. The thing is, he’s an entrepreneur in a narrow business sphere. And recently, he got a strong competitor who started “eating up” the market share from my acquaintance by offering better service and a wider range of products.

So, my acquaintance …

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Farewell to the Unloving:

  • “Boss, remember that customer of our restaurant who came to us for a whole year, and then something didn’t suit him, and he left us for the neighboring restaurant?”
  • “Yes, I remember, what about it?”
  • “So, boss, the neighboring restaurant is closed today, and he came to us for dinner. Shall we serve him yesterday’s vegetables and stale bread for
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European Road Lessons

For many years, I’ve been driving myself around Europe on vacation. Driving on the autobahn there is not a chore but a pleasure.

During this time, I’ve learned several lessons that I’ll share with those who are about to travel the expanses of Europe:

  1. Don’t honk. Honking is considered bad manners here. Only in the most extreme cases should you
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