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SLAVA NOVIKOV

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Business with Meaning

KRISTINA CONDE • THERE ARE TWO QUALITIES OF SLAVIC WOMEN, EXTOLLED IN POEMS AND DESCRIBED IN HISTORY BOOKS: SHE’LL STOP A GALLOPING HORSE AND WILL FOLLOW HER HUSBAND THROUGH FIRE AND WATER, JUST AS THE DECEMBRISTS’ WIVES ONCE FOLLOWED THEIR HUSBANDS TO SIBERIA. IF THE LOVE IS REAL, THAT IS. YES, IT MIGHT SOUND TRITE, BUT BEHIND EVERY STRONG MAN, THERE MUST BE A STRONG WOMAN. KRISTINA CONDE, CO-OWNER OF THE ENGINE EXPORT COMPANY LC AUTOS LTD, SHARES HER STORY OF PERSEVERING IN A TOUGH, MALE-DOMINATED BUSINESS AND THE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BEEN ON.

DOCTOR MICHEL DAHER • IN A WORLD OFTEN MARKED BY DIVISION AND INDIVIDUALISM, THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION REMAINS AN INDOMITABLE FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE. BY HARNESSING OUR SHARED STRENGTHS AND ASPIRATIONS, WE CAN OVERCOME EVEN THE MOST DAUNTING CHALLENGES AND CREATE A FUTURE THAT IS BRIGHTER FOR ALL. DOCTOR MICHEL DAHER, A VISIONARY ENTREPRENEUR AND PHILANTHROPIST, EMBODIES THIS PHILOSOPHY THROUGH HIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN THE REALMS OF CULTURAL CELEBRATION AND HUMANITARIAN AID.

ROASTERS SPECIALTY COFFEE • COFFEE IS A MAGICAL ELIXIR THAT HAS ACCOMPANIED HUMANITY SINCE THE FIRST BEANS WERE BREWED. ITS TASTE AND AROMA ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ITS ABILITY TO BESTOW VIGOUR AND INSPIRATION. IT HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE FOR MANY PEOPLE, AND THE COFFEE AFICIONADO COMMUNITY EXISTS THANKS TO THE DEDICATION OF BUSINESS-SAVVY COFFEE SAMURAI LIKE KONSTANTIN HARBUZ, CO-FOUNDER OF THE SUCCESSFUL BRAND ROASTERS SPECIALTY COFFEE IN DUBAI.

CHALET BEREZKA • ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS A CONTINUOUS JOURNEY FORWARD, WHERE THREE COMPONENTS ARE CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS: THE ABILITY TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES AND FAILURES, HONESTY WITH PARTNERS, AND OPENNESS TO NEW IDEAS. THIS IS THE PHILOSOPHY ADHERED TO BY SERGEY SAMOYLOV, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, INVESTOR, AND CO-OWNER OF THE POPULAR DUBAI RESTAURANT CHALET BEREZKA.

HOOKAH PLACE • THE STORY OF HUMAN LIFE IS THE STORY OF FIRE. WE BEGIN OUR JOURNEY AS TINY CANDLES, BARELY ILLUMINATING THE SPACE AROUND US. BUT AS THE YEARS PASS, WE LEARN TO KINDLE THE FLAME WITHIN, FUELLING IT WITH EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND PASSION. IN THIS QUEST FOR LIGHT AND WARMTH, WE CREATE PLACES WHERE THE FLAME CAN BURN BRIGHTER — LIKE THE HOOKAHPLACE CHAIN OF HOOKAH LOUNGES STRETCHING FROM MOSCOW TO DUBAI. THE CREATOR OF THE CHAIN, ANTONY CROW, REVEALS HOW HE MANAGED TO BUILD A NETWORK OF HOOKAH LOUNGES WITH A SHARED PHILOSOPHY BUT DISTINCT STYLES.

GREENERATION • THE ABILITY TO THINK GLOBALLY IS A TRUE GIFT, BOTH RARE AND PRECIOUS. WHEN A BUSINESSMAN CONTINUES TO SEEK SOMETHING UNIQUELY THEIR OWN – NOT JUST A NICHE, BUT THAT VERY SPARK THAT DELIGHTS THE SOUL AND ALIGNS WITH THEIR WORLDVIEW – THEY BECOME A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE AROUND. THIS IS HOW ROMAN ULYANOV FOUNDED GREENERATION – ONE-OF-A-KIND FOODS SUPPLIER AND VERTICAL FARM GROWING SPECIALITY GREENS AND EDIBLE FLOWERS FOR PREMIUM HORECA IN DUBAI.

TREELOGY • IN THE FAMILIAR WORLD, TRADITION AND INNOVATION ARE OFTEN JUXTAPOSED, BUT SOMETIMES A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DOES NOT BECOME AN OBSTACLE TO PROGRESSIVE THINKING. SERGEY AVAYAN, CO-FOUNDER OF THE AGROTECHNOLOGY COMPANY TREELOGY IN DUBAI, COMPELS US TO CONTEMPLATE THE NATURE OF INNOVATION AND ITS ROLE IN PRESERVING TRADITIONS, PROVING THAT GENUINE INGENUITY DOES NOT NEGATE THE PAST BUT RATHER BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN HERITAGE AND THE FUTURE.

3S Money • WHEN A BUSINESS IS READY TO MOVE TO A GLOBALLY NEW LEVEL, THE TRADITIONAL BANKING SYSTEM OFTEN LAGS BEHIND AND REMAINS IN THE PAST. IVAN ZHIZNEVSKY, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF 3S MONEY, A NEOBANK FOR INTERNATIONAL...