article thumbnail

Angelos Michalopoulos and Vassiliki Petridou Own a Third of Ios Island in Greece—Here’s Why They Won’t Develop More than 1% of It

Success

He offers an example of how this has happened in other parts of Greece. In 2004, the couple began purchasing land before opening Agalia hotel and Calilo resort in 2016 and 2019, respectively. The second option is to do the opposite—build on all the land that you own.

2004 290
article thumbnail

What Happened When I Avoided the News for 30 Days

Success

If you expose yourself to less media and reduce the degree to which you fill your mind with pollutants—politics, controversy, natural disasters and tragedy, for example—your mental health may improve, as the thinking goes. This kind of media avoidance is actually a rather popular method for reducing media strain on our mental health.

Stress 289
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

Success

After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. These are five of those lessons.

Goals 306
article thumbnail

Revolutionary Insights Into Self-Leadership for Administrative Professionals

Office Dynamics

This is a replay of the free webinar offered June 2016 titled Revolutionary Insights Into Self-Leadership (for administrative professionals). Download – June 2016 Webinar Chat ARCHIVE. Digital Portfolio Examples and Instructions . We aren’t sure where it was purchased or who produced it. All Things Admin.

article thumbnail

Manufacturing Joining the On-Demand, Collaborative Economy

Small Business Labs

Companies, entrepreneurs, and inventors can rent time on nearby equipment, be it CNC milling machines, water jets, or laser cutters—any of which can cost from $50,000 to $250,000 apiece to purchase. More broadly, this is another example of shift to variable costs. Manufacturing firms then bid on the projects. 

article thumbnail

The Tools I Use to Run My Business

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

I launched my side hustle business in 2016 and this website (goburrows.com aka leaderassistant.com) was one of the first pieces of the puzzle. For example, leaderassistantbook.com is built using LeadPages. There’s never been a better time to purchase an EV with the federal and state incentives available to you.

Email 85
article thumbnail

Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

As the chart below shows, the percentage of full-time independent workers with health insurance has increased from 64% in 2013 to 83% in 2016.   This data only reflects the the numbers for the self-employed and small business owners who purchased their insurance through an ACA marketplace. This means about 3.3

2014 100