by George Sotiropoulos | May 13, 2026 | Business Value
Last night I attended a hosted dinner featuring Gaston Hochar, the third-generation family owner of Chateau Musar, one of Lebanon’s most iconic wineries.Twenty-four of us around the table. Between us we probably had over a thousand years of collective wine...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 6, 2026 | Business Value
Met a guy called Adam at the gym this week.We got talking between sets and he mentioned he’d recently exited a cybersecurity firm here in Dubai.In fact, he sold the business on his terms and walked away clean.Naturally I wanted to know how.What he told me...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 5, 2026 | Business Value, Customer Experience, Dependency on Owner, Scaling the Business
Over the weekend one of my email subscribers asked if he could get in on the Pioneer deal because he didn’t have time to sign up before the deadline.I said no.He’d seen the offer. He’d been reminded about it for several weeks. But that window is now...
by George Sotiropoulos | May 4, 2026 | Business Value, Customer Experience
She nailed it.So I agreed to having Mitch Martina Cleaning Company come to our house for a deep cleaning of the apartment even though they came in more expensive than the competition.Why did I agree to pay top?Because of what France, the person I was talking to,...