Yes, I am very happy!

Friday question: exclusivity vs. success

If you are offering a unique solution on the market, can that be called a success?

Sound of tractors, sound of life

I want to share with you a little story from my life. The story is about my grandmother, an 80 years old woman from the country side, a woman that means very much to me.

She worked very hard the land for her entire life and now she becomes to lose from her strength. Recently I had a phone conversation with her and she told me a little thing that impressed me to tears; she told me “you know Daniel, I was sitting in the courtyard the other days and I was looking to the field and listening to the tractors that were working the land; I realized that I worked my entire life around these tractors; they use to lead my daily activities. Now, after 60 years, the tractors are still working on the same land but I feel them so far away from me…”

What happened is that my grandmother accepted that she became old and she cannot work the land anymore; now she is waiting for great-grandchildren…

Pirates of my life

Shorties for 9 months

After a long period, I decided to revive my notes.

Personal news
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* I got married :)
* I have a Twitter account

Avangate news
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* Avangate has an office in Silicon Valley
* Avangate Control Panel has reached the 3rd version
* Download Insurance Service (DIS) has been launched in February
* Referrer report - now the website sources can be measured
* Auto apply discount - set the promotions to start for Christmas and go to holiday
* New order process available: checkout page with shopping cart functionalities
* A/B testing scenarios
* GBP, YEN, AUD and CAD available as billing currencies
* Sales Source Report - track the sales sources
* Backup CD in DVD box
* Product upgrade - upgrade options for customers
* Avangate CodeBox - manage & protect software licenses by using AntiFraud, Uniloc and License management modules
* more to come...

Russia - my first visit

Right now I am in Russia visiting some of our key partners and prospects of course :)

The first impression is that everything here needs to be organized; a lot of birocracy and there are no procedures implemented in any activity. Everybody is doing things as they think they should do them :)

Another thing that I've noticed is that there are huge differences between Moscow and other cities; people from here are saying that Moscow is another country.

From the business point of view, there is a huge potential here; everybody is listening very carefully and they are ready to implement new procedures (but very efficient and profitably ones).

The people are very warm and we are feeling wonderful here. In a couple of hours we will going to visit Moscow, the center of the town with our partners from DrWeb.

How big is your "Friends" group?

In this weekend, I noticed that my "Friends" group from my mobile phone has only a few numbers; on the other hand, the "Business" group is constantly growing every day. I don't feel comfortable to live in a world where the focus is 100% on the business contacts instead of your old friends…

For some people, to have a huge number of contacts in the "Business" group can be a good reason to smile in the morning but for me is afflicting when I see the difference between these groups.

I wonder if it's normal to spend all your time for business tasks instead of splitting the time between business, friends and family…In other words, how many years do you think that your soul will survive without any consistent "food"?