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Unique and highly desirable custom home in prestigious Las Colinas neighborhood of University Hills. Built with ample space for large families or multi-generational living, this incredibly appealing 3-story home features 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 3 large living areas, private master bedroom with a sitting area, fireplace and a close flex room that could be a nursery, study or workout space. The main level invites you with its views of the pool and backyard from the large family-entertaining space, dining area and charming kitchen with European flair. The bottom level features two large living areas -- perfect for a game room and a media-entertainment area plus a study overlooking the pool and a captivating Mother-in-Law suite. GREAT HOME!
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No 19, 29 July 2015
- Bilateral negotiations Switzerland-EU
- A lot of fog and little information about the plans of the Federal Council | by Dr. iur. Marianne Wüthrich
- When will the referendum on Austria's EU exit take place?
- Europe needs peace – no new US troops
- by Willy Wimmer
- The July 12 declaration of the Euro summit is a document of failure
- It is about time to consider a socially responsible liquidation of the euro zone by Karl Müller
- BRICS-states demonstrate, that the world is larger…
- "We are focusing on promoting a positive, unifying agenda in international relations"
- Speech delivered by Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at a meeting with participants of the BRICS Youth Summit, Moscow, 2 July 2015
- Major shock in the EU: The people are interfering!
- We want to help children find their way into life
- Instructing and guiding are the adults' duties | Interview with Dr Michael Winterhoff, M.D., child and youth psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Individualised learning – pretense and reality
- by Rainer Werner
- Will Curriculum 21 cause future apprentices to be less efficient?
- "The right to live in dignity and decency"
- by Thomas Kaiser
- The significance of direct democracy to ensure social peace (part 4)
- The peace agreement of 19 July 1937 in the machine engineering and metal industry | by Dr. rer. publ. W. Wüthrich
- "Liberty has become the principle of state that unites us all"
- Speech by Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer given on the occasion of the anniversary celebration "700 years Battle of Morgarten" at the Morgarten monument on 21 June 2015

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Marek has been working as Programme Manager of the business incubation center of the European Space Agency in Prague (ESA BIC Prague) since its establishment in 2016. His aim is to look for entrepreneurs and young start-ups with innovative ideas for utilizing space technologies and help them to develop their businesses on (and around) Earth. ESA BIC transforms space technologies into solutions for everyday life, and the Europe-wide network of almost 20 incubators has produced more than 700 startups to date. The programme in the Czech Republic is run by the investment and business development agency CzechInvest.
Ondrej was one of three founding partners of Credo Ventures in 2010. A venture capitalist since 2004, and an angel investor since 2001, Ondrej originally started as an entrepreneur in 1996, when he co-founded his first company while still in college. Before Credo Ventures, he served as Senior Investment Director with the Polish VC/PE group, MCI Management, where he was responsible for investments in Central and South Eastern Europe.
For the past two years, Tomáš Bělohoubek has been the director of E.ON Czech Republic. He is primarily responsible for the IT and customer service departments. On top of that, he is the main driving force behind the company's Operational Excellence program and :agile, its startup accelerator. The bottom line of all these initiatives and their priority is digitalisation. Prior to joining E.ON, Tomáš Bělohoubek spent five years in the business development department at T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom's subsidiary company. From there he moved to Detecon International, a consultancy firm where he spent almost ten years and focused on projects connected with strategy, digital transformation and corporate finance, mainly in the ICT and telco sector. His career has taken him not just to Germany and the rest of Europe but also to the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. He enjoys alpinism and cycling, is passionate about history and likes to discuss global topics.
Sociologist and an Executive MBA, studies coworking spaces and startups. Writes PhD on how coworking spaces influence people and their work. Advised and worked for corporate business, as well as, startups. Guest Lecturer at Warsaw School of Economics. Runs ultra-marathons.
Petr Beneš spent more than 20 years in banking. In addition to the Czech Republic, he worked in Poland, the USA and Thailand, where he was in charge of opening the greenfield bank. For the last 10 years, he has worked as a CIO in two Czech banks - GE Money (Moneta) and Česká spořitelna. He has a personal experience of transferring a large company to a public cloud environment.
In 2016 he co-founded 6D, which helps companies and individuals adapt to technological and social changes. It deals with the impact of digitization not only on the world of business and the social environment but also on how the current civilization revolution transforms our individual customs and values.
Petr is committed to the influence of corporate culture on the efficient functioning of teams and the networking of corporations and startups. He acts as an Expert / Mentor in the UP21 Startup Incubator, helping to bring to life the innovative business plans of start-ups.
Throughout his careers, Petr moves on the interface between technology and business. Last years as a CIO, but also as a facilitator, culture changer, coach and people connector. "Simplification is my mantra, ... I'm extrovert, I believe less is more and I believe in here and now. I like to keep myself out of the comfort zone because I realize that overwhelming welfare stands behind collapse of most civilizations in history...," says Petr Beneš.
Driven by a search for game-changing brands that improve consumers' lives. Interested in Blockchain, Tokenization-based Business Models that actually work, and Blockchain Product Development.
Ivan has been a part of the Tech Industry for 17 years, either as an Engineer, Tech Executive or a company Founder. He contributed to building Devana Technologies - one of the most successful Serbian tech companies. Their SaaS ManageWP was acquired by GoDaddy, one of the biggest hosting companies in the world, and for two years Ivan was the Operating Director of GoDaddy Europe.
He was voted one of the "30 under 30" most successful Serbian entrepreneurs in 2011. After that, he shifted his focus towards developing his company MVP Workshop, which specializes both in consultancy and R&D related to emerging Blockchain technologies.
In 2018 MVP Workshop successfully executed the Celsius Network's ICO, which raised $50 million. As an Advisory Board Member at Celsius Network, Ivan has been working with his team on a Blockchain-powered lending and borrowing platform. Currently, MVP Workshop works on several Blockchain projects focused on FinTech, Supply Chain, Asset Management and Healthcare. As the CEO of MVP Workshop, Ivan has been named 2018 EY Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year, along with his colleague Malisa Pusonja.
He is a Co-founder and the President of Serbian Blockchain Initiative (SBI) – the industry network for businesses implementing Blockchain solutions, with many national and international professionals contributing to the same cause. Ivan is a Partner and Board Member at the Serbian Venture Network, which organizes the Belgrade Venture Forum - one of the largest VC investment events in the region. Ivan is also a startup mentor at the Founder Institute, StartIT Startup Academy, ICT Hub, and EKOF Startup Centar. He co-founded Zivojin Misic – the NGO which reinvests 10% of Devana Technologies' profits back to the local community to support education and entrepreneurship among youth.
US Market Access Center is the longest-standing high-tech business incubator in Silicon Valley for foreign companies seeking to successfully enter the Silicon Valley and the greater US Markets.
Alfredo has over 25 years of business development and management consulting experience in the information technology sector. He has advised over 150 early-stage technology companies in his career and he also worked with large multinationals such as Adobe, Microsoft, Nortel Networks, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to US MAC, Alfredo was president and co-founder of two Canadian digital media companies, where he established offices in Ottawa, Toronto, and San Francisco, California.
Alfredo is a certified Kauffman FastTrac instructor and teaches the "Tech Venture" and "GrowthVenture" curricula to foreign entrepreneurs and economic development groups worldwide.
Specialties: Management consulting, business development, export strategies, investment attraction and new business acquisition. Market entry strategy, market intelligence, demand assessment, lead-generation, lead management, partner strategy, business case development, and raising venture capital.
Tomas is a partner at MAVERICKS (www.mavericks.legal), a boutique law firm based in Prague with focus on startups and emerging markets, new technology, VC financing, M&A transactions, IT and IP law. Tomas holds law degree from Charles University in Prague (JUDr., LL.M.) and from UC Hastings School of Law, San Francisco (LL.M.).
Tomas is a proud counsel to many amazing tech companies, VC funds, angel investors, incubators and accelerators. Since 2017, he had been advising on 30+ venture capital transactions, representing both entrepreneurs and investors. Tomas frequently lectures on topics related to startups and digital economy and mentors in various incubators and accelerators.
Vuk has been with SC Ventures as Principal since its launch in 2015 where he supported the growth of the portfolio to its current number and leading many of the deals. Prior to that he worked in private equity and M&A for over a decade covering a wide range of sectors and focusing on the SEE region. His main focus is negotiations, deal structuring and operations. He graduated from ACG Deree in Greece and speaks four languages.
André founded logistic startup Shipvio. Shipvio is removing loss from logistics by radically simplifying rules of logistics as we know them by one-click shipping platform.
Passionate about startups and mobile technologies in general. He loves to work with talented people. Currently based in Prague. He holds a masters degree with distinction in International relations and Diplomacy.
Diamantis has gathered over 25 years of experience strengthening blue chip global brands and leading a number of multi-dimensional marketing, innovation and new product developments across both Europe and Asia.
As a true globetrotter, Diamantis has lived and worked in 14 countries. His professional experience spans across categories like FMCG, direct B2B, or OTC, giving him an excellent global vision of what it takes to build strong brands, scale them up, and achieve sustainable long-term growth.
Dave Evans has a long history in innovation. He was part of Apple in the early days, where he led the first mouse team and introduced laser printing to the masses. Next, he was a co-founder of Electronic Arts and became the company's first VP of Talent. After fifteen successful years as a tech executive, Dave went out on his own as a management consultant assisting both startups and multi-nationals in strategy, marketing, and corporate culture formation.
Along the way, Dave discovered his real passion is to help people discern and build the life they really want. That led Dave to co-found the Stanford Life Design Lab with Bill Burnett in 2007 with the mission of applying the innovation principles of design thinking to the wicked problem of designing your life.
The Life Design Lab has enjoyed great success at Stanford and is now expanding broadly across higher education. Bill and Dave's 2016 book, Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived and Joyful Life, is a NY Times #1 bestseller, available in 23 languages worldwide.
Viktor Fischer joined Rockaway from McKinsey & Company, where he worked as a Junior Partner focusing on strategy and corporate finance. Prior to McKinsey & Co, he lived in France for eleven years where he co-founded Innovatrics – a technology startup providing fast biometric identification worldwide. He also taught project management at the Faculty of International Law at a university in Paris. Viktor served as a mentor in several accelerators such as Startupyard and Wayra in Prague and the Spot in Slovakia. He is also an investor in several technological start-ups. Viktor holds a master's degree from HEC Paris and an MBA from INSEAD.
In Rockaway, Viktor Fischer focuses on Ventures and Blockchain opportunities.
The firms under Rockaway's administration achieved aggregate sales of more than EUR 2 billion in 2018 and employ more than five thousand people in 17 European countries. Rockaway is focused on the area of e-commerce (Mall Group and Heureka Shopping), e-travel (Invia Group) and book publishing (Euromedia Group) with operations in the CEE region, and plays an active role in the firms within the Rockaway group and takes part in their management. In addition to the main pillars of its portfolio, Rockaway constantly seeks new opportunities among global technology start-ups and in the fields of fintech and blockchain.
Milan is a digital strategist and a real expert when it comes to influencers marketing. During his 12 years with Red Bull Media House, Milan has helped more than 200 projects and 100 global athletes and artists to rise and shine.
He successfully kicked-off the marketing of ODIVI fashion brand (Forbes 30 under 30). Consults with both corporate and CSR clients (T-Mobile, Siemens, CAMP IPR, Hospodářská komora, Czechitas) and is happy to share his knowledge with knowledge-hungry seed startups.
Kristian has spent the last 15 years in B2B sales building and leading sales teams. He has been through more than 8,000 negotiations and managed to close over 1,300 deals with companies like Heineken, Unilever, Harley-Davidson, Maersk, and Carl Zeiss. In the past three years he has mentored dozens of startups and helped them to find their own go-to market strategy and automate their sales process. Currently he manages sales teams and pipelines of a few billion CZK in two technological startups. He has exchanged his former passion for MMA and motorbike racing for a more adrenaline inducing discipline - being the father of three awesome children.
Rostya Gordon-Smith has been in the HR management and talent development business for over 25 years, not only in Czechia, but also in Canada, Great Britain Japan, Brazil, Estonia, Russia, Hong Kong and other countries.
She was named one of the top 50 most successful HR managers in the world. Rostya is also experienced in the areas of equal opportunities, personal development, strategic HR management and many more.
She was also voted one of the 20 most influential women in Czechia in 2006. She is the founder of PeopleIMPACT s.r.o., and an association for development of men and women "MINERVA 21. She is the co-author of a motivational book "Úspěšně s kůží na trh" and is a co-founder of HR Academy at the economics faculty of University of Ostrava.
Rostya is also a frequent speaker at international conferences, presentations and seminars (Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangalore, Amsterdam, London, Budapest, Vienna, Frankfurt, Tallinn, Moscow)
Andrew (New Zealander based in Prague) is CFO at Institute H21 and Director at D21, a civic-tech startup tackling the important challenge in today's society of connecting communities and leaders. D21 does this by developing tools and methods for voting/participating in key decision processes - to date, over 750k people on four continents have used H21's platform.
Andrew is passionate about futurism, social innovation and venture financing - all passions which he is looking forward to sharing with his startups in the SWCS this year. Andrew enjoys immersing himself in the local startup scene and is a mentor at local incubator. Andrew believes in the growing strength of Prague as a clustered hub of CEE venture activity and is excited to see the increased deal flow and maturing of the ecosystem here.
Prior to living in Prague, Andrew worked at a top Management Consulting firm in New Zealand. Andrew is a qualified Chartered Accountant and the proud father of two small monsters.
With 10+ years of experience in tough consultancy business, Julian has developed a very strong suit - a business development.
Focusing on innovations, startups and tech companies he is helping entrepreneurs to scale-up on the new markets and also to grow their business. With very strong connections in "DACH" region but also other parts of Europe, Julian is a right advisor when it comes to rapid growth across the borders.
Director of Startup Department at CzechInvest - Investment and Business Development Agency of the Czech Republic. Marketa is responsible for managing programs and activities for start-up ecosystem and start-ups itself both in the Czech Republic and abroad. She was at the inception of the CzechStartups.org - the first on-line startup hub in the Czech Republic. Marketa is also involved at V4 Innovation Task Force Group. Marketa is also a main contact as an official Startup Ambassador for the Czech Republic named by European Commission. In 2017, Marketa was announced as one of the three Top Czech Woman of startup scene. She started her career on department of Research, Development and Innovation at CzechInvest. Marketa graduated from the University of Life Sciences, Prague.
James brings all the answers to all your intellectual property questions. How to protect the know-how your startup creates? How to prove the value of the technology behind your company?
Meet James, TMT Lawyer with broad experience in intellectual property protection, information technology, and contract negotiations.
Author of several articles on protecting intellectual property online with a recent publication in the Communication Law Review on U.S. telecommunications and information technology regulations and also a law school lecturer.
Jasmina has been with Pioneers since 2016 and she is currently acting as the Head of Startups & Community Partnerships. She is leading the team responsible for startup scouting for Pioneers events and Pioneers Ventures. Beside being actively involved in Pioneers Ventures, she is building strategic partnerships with other investors, accelerators and ecosystem players worldwide. She is well known for speaking her mind out and giving honest feedback when startups pitch. She is especially passionate about deep tech startups with special focus on MedTech and BioTech.
Peter travels the globe helping people tell clearer stories with stronger impact. Bringing more value to their ideas. He helps executives and entrepreneurs develop their speaking style in front of a crowd or on camera, gain investment and persuade with impact.
From Dubai to Amsterdam, Shanghai to Berlin, Peter's workshops and coaching skills are in high demand across global digital, entreprenership and business scenes. Equally, as an internationally experienced live events MC, Peter has developed an extensive global portfolio of shaping large scale conferences. He loves to be kept on his toes wearing many hats – mentor, coach, presenter and voiceover talent. Peter has lived in 7 countries and now lives in Croatia.
Martin is a senior retail/marketing/business leader focused on building high-performance teams and brands such as Air Bank, J&T Banka, mBank, Citibank, and several other business projects over last 20 years. Visionary and pioneer, with ability to find innovative and creative solutions. Martin is best suited for startups or transformational projects, you might have heard his name with the relation of Maappi project, J&T and many other pioneering brands. Martin is a LinkedIn pro (only handful of people are able to build such strong LinkedIn presence), Proximity Marketing pioneer, branding and product expert... Cut the 20 years in marketing short - you wont't find another Martin at the CE market easily.
Tino Hrnčiar is an entrepreneur. Over the last six years he has co-founded several companies, among them the provocative streetwear brand Life is Porno, with its unique marketing style and projects that connect art with action sports. Today, he also runs Forbidden Taste, a company that creates tailor-made gastronomic experiences and events, and Forbidden Spot, which is an art space in Prague.
Tino's professional background is in marketing. Before starting his own companies, he had worked at Red Bull for six years, three years of which were spent at the company's headquarters in the Global Brand Marketing team.. He also hosts a podcast and video interviews with inspiring people called INSP.EAT.
Tomas is a programmer, cryptoanarchist, and hacker. His background is in theoretical computer science and finance. Over the years he has gained experience working for corporations like PwC and EY, and also from founding his own startup. Since 2013 he has been deeply interested in cryptocurrencies, decentralization, and their impact on society. Now he is a supervisory board member of Paralelni Polis. Paralelni Polis provides the technologies and education that people need to engage in an independent society and protect individual liberty. His role there is to oversee the coworking space Paper Hub, which is one of the concepts in Paralelni Polis focusing on freelancers and startups.
Štěpán is a technology enthusiast excelling in combining the latest technologies with the needs of aspiring businesses from financial services to e-commerce and the automotive sector. His deep technical knowledge coupled with his understanding of client business needs and the latest trends make him an advisor trusted by many executives seeking guidance with navigating their digital transformation journeys.
In his current position, he is responsible for innovation, vision and strategy, product development, sales, and building competencies and managing the Financial Services Technology services practice. Štěpán has hands-on-experience with managing complex delivery teams. In addition, he leads the Open Banking technical community and helps develop technology practices across Deloitte Central Europe. His responsibilities include strategic technology partnerships and identification of technology startups matching the needs of corporations keen to innovate their services or business models.
The beginning of Štěpán's career is closely connected with two technology startups – Systinet and the e-commerce technology provider Schemantix. At Systinet he was responsible for delivery, product development and innovations, and as software engineer at Schemantix, he designed innovative products. Before joining Deloitte, Štěpán worked for IBM as a Client Enterprise Architect and led the CEE Banking Technical Community. Štěpán also has experience running his own family business.
Lucie has been working as a Head of Startup Acceleration since 2017. She has joined CzechInvest after the experience in the banking sector, while working with innovations for the major bank in Amsterdam. Her passion is to help young Czech entrepreneurs and innovative companies to guide their way to the foreign markets, set their footsteps in the international environment and suceed globally. So far CzechInvest has supported more than 250 startups.
Vítek Ježek is a Founder and CEO of Rekola. Rekola is the biggest micromobility platform in the Czech Republic with more than 1 million rides annually. Vítek is passionate about innovation in public space and how changes in urban transportation will affect us in the years ahead. Vítek was listed as Forbes 30 under 30.
Mathematician, visionary and author of the D21 voting system. Who else could bring such find blend of unique personality features apart from Karel Janecek?
A Czech billionaire with a rich history of support of both business and social-responsible causes stands behind UP21 incubator and supports innovators and startups.
A believer into new technologies through which mankind has a unique chance to change the world for the better.
Michal leads spearhead projects that introduce innovative technologies into the conservative field of distribution network operation. A graduate from Czech Technical University in Prague, Michal has 5 years' work experience in E.ON, in regional units in the Czech Republic and Germany.
His primary occupation is electricity storage. In the years 2017-2018, he led the deployment of the first large-scale battery storage unit for energy industry purposes in the Czech Republic, and is now actively advocating for full integration of the technology into the Czech regulatory framework. He consults on innovative projects for storage technologies in the E.ON Energy Globe Award.
Michal also leads a project that aims to develop a fast and reliable fault location method for compensated electric distribution grids. His overarching goal is to help explore the contribution of new technologies towards reliable and sustainable electric power delivery.
Master´s degree from the University of South Bohemia Faculty of Economics and Management, with a focus on Quality and Process management. 14 years of experience in the automotive industry in various positions. At the beginning of his career he started as a sales manager for a General Motors dealership in South Bohemia, and help to create a greenfield dealership, which became the number one in its region. After nearly four successful years, he took an opportunity to become part of the world's second biggest automotive industry supplier, Magna International. He spent three and half years as a quality control engineer in the regional Magna unit in Czechia. After this period, he became part of the Magna Europe Head Office in Germany as a Resident Engineer for Skoda Auto, and spent the next seven years there. As the automotive market is dramatically changing, he decided in 2018 to undertake a challenge to lead the emobility department for E.ON Czechia, mainly focusing on establishing completely new business.
Gained all-rounded global experience in business development, enterprise sales, strategic partnerships, and building startups & growing communities. Started career in the in the USA, then spent 10 years launching green field operations in Latin America. Transitioned to strategic management consulting, first as a sales&marketing manager in Brazil, later as Head of Sales in the UK. Prior to WeWork also founded several of his own businesses, built an award-winning startup, organised travel conferences and startup competitions. Lived in 4 and visited over 50 countries. Speaks 5 languages. Avid wreck diver and free-ride snowboarder.
Adam Kocik is Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee of venture capital fund J&T Ventures.
He has more then 15 years of professional experience in the investment industry (PPF, Morgan Stanley, Brookdale Group) and more then 8 years of investment experience is startup investments. He frequently participates as selection jury member in startup competitions (Czech Republic, Slovakia, CEE/SEE), acts as mentor at startup events and invests as angel investor.
Adam focuses on discovering and investing in innovative technology startups with high growth potential in the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) and SEE (South East Europe) regions and on helping the startups to reach full rollout and to grow internationally, with particular focus on fintech, healthcare, education, smart city, Big Data and IoT/IoE sectors.
He holds MBA from London Business School in Entrepreneurship and Private Equity and MA from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies in International Relations and International Finance.
Hana joined the energy world ten years ago after finishing her Master´s Degree in International Trade at the University of Economics in Prague and Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. Throughout her career she has gained experience working in expert and management positions in different fields – starting with Compliance, Risk Management, and Information Security, then being responsible for the implementation of Lean Management and customer journey work at E.ON. Nowadays, she heads the product development and innovations division, including emobility, with the ambition to drive the transformation of a traditional utility company to a solution-based business. She is a big fan of improvisational theatre, which gives her a great source of inspiration for her own development as well as that of others in general.
Martin holds a degree in business administration from SUNY Empire State College / University of New York in Prague. Following graduation, he spent three years in private equity with Genesis Capital and Hartenberg Capital, where he was directly responsible for closing acquisitions in both CEE and Western Europe and later served as director of the board for an Irish portfolio company. He served for over a year as the CFO of a technology start-up, overseeing its financial strategy and corporate governance and managing key operational aspects in San Francisco, Prague and Bangalore.
He joined the Rockaway Ventures team, where he uses his investment and entrepreneurial experience to assist with both the current portfolio and new investments.
The firms under Rockaway's administration achieved aggregate sales of more than EUR 2 billion in 2018 and employ more than five thousand people in 17 European countries. Rockaway is focused on the area of e-commerce (Mall Group and Heureka Shopping), e-travel (Invia Group) and book publishing (Euromedia Group) with operations in the CEE region, and plays an active role in the firms within the Rockaway group and takes part in their management. In addition to the main pillars of its portfolio, Rockaway constantly seeks new opportunities among global technology start-ups and in the fields of fintech and blockchain.
Ondřej studied at the University of Economics, Prague, and won the first prize in the biggest competition for young creative people, Cannes Lions, when he was 28.
And then, after 5 years spent as an employee, he switched careers in order to help business partners Juraj Atlas and Martin Hausenblas found Liftago; and then, step by step, he became its director.
Liftago is a local but best-rated app for ordering a taxi in the world. Its long-term goal is to improve mobility in cities and provide an alternative to personal vehicles.
Michal is involved in the space industry for more than 6 years. Currently, he works as a project manager at ESA BIC Prague at CzechInvest. His aim is to turn innovative business concepts, using space technologies and satellite data into successful businesses. He has also experience from the international space industry. He is a member of the International Astronautical Federation and Space Generation Advisory Council. He holds two master's degrees – Corporate Economics and Management from the University of Economics and Aircraft and Space Systems from the Czech Technical University.
Matej has over 18 years of investment and investment advisory experience in the CEE region. He advised, led and executed many crossboarder transactions and plays a vital role in Mayfair group as a member of its investment board. Matej is currently responsible for the group's real estate development projects and is seeking investments related to innovation in establishing a healthy living environment. Matej is also a founding partner of the Czech and Slovak investment advisory firm MiddleCap, where led the firm's real estate and corporate restructuring engagements. Matej has vast experience in mergers & acquisitions with previous employment included KPMG Corporate Finance, Deloitte Advisory and CBRE where he led its Capital Markets team. Matej has a degree in Finance from Indiana University of PA in the USA.
Cedric has been a serial Internet entrepreneur for the past 22 years.
Initially an engineer in AI, Cedric is now running StartupYard, the oldest running startups accelerator in CEE which has invested in companies like DameJidlo, BrandEmbassy, NeuronSW, Rossum, WaymarkTech to name a few.
Cedric is also a Board Member of the French-Czech Chamber of Commerce and an official French Foreign Trade Advisor.
Jaroslav is a partner at MAVERICKS (www.mavericks.legal), a boutique law firm based in Prague with a focus on startups and emerging markets, new technology, VC financing, M&A transactions, IT and IP law. Jaroslav holds law degrees from Masaryk University in Brno (Mgr.) and the New York University School of Law (LL.M.), as well as an economic degree from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Ing.).
Jaroslav is an enthusiastic advisor of numerous inspirational entrepreneurs, startups, technology companies, investors and other members of the startup ecosystem. Prior to joining MAVERICKS, Jaroslav spent almost 10 years at a leading international law firm, where he acquired extensive expertise in all aspects of transactional law, corporate law, IP & IT law, and public procurement law. A special area of Jaroslav's interest is transportation and smart mobility.
Jana is a software developer and entrepreneur from Prague. She co-founded a software development agency Juicymo, where she creates custom juicy apps for mobile and web for clients.
She loves to help developers and spread knowledge about technologies as well. Lately, she launched a new project, mobile application Thriftigo, which shows the best thrift stores and second hand stores nearby with a mission to show the world that clothes deserve a second chance.
Jan Müller spent 25 years in leading positions at several renowned Czech media outlets – Lidové noviny, marketing magazine Strategie, professional journal Právo&Byznys, Esence – a magazine in Chinese, lifestyle magazine Formen and more. Today, he is the director of the Flowee magazine. In 2018, he published a book called "Průvodce budoucností aneb Jak si užít globální krizi", and this April his second book, "Dítě v síti", is going to be published.
Lukas is a co-founder of Digital Ant — a firm that helps startups and innovators validate their projects on the market and scale-up the right way. He believes that many great projects fail because of the way they market themselves, so he built Digital Ant with the mission to help others overcome these obstacles.
Also, after spending three years abroad (mostly in Hong Kong), Lukas would like to help others knock down the mental borders we use to restrict ourselves when it comes to doing business.
Lukas is experienced in helping customers with productivity and communication to achieve better cooperation. Creating new innovative business solutions with partners is motivating him to do his job.
Lukas has been passionate about new technologies such as artificial intelligence and innovations. He is currently also working on his own business which does not involve technology but where he wants to implement parts of the advanced technology world. He believes in joint cooperation of new technologies in "non-technology" companies.
"The only person who can make your entrepreneurial voyage a ride to the stars is not a mentor. It's a customer. So NEVER stop talking to him." Vaclav's biggest learning from the 10 years in marketing is something he applies to the startup industry when he searches for investment opportunities as a CEO of investment fund Air Ventures.
Vaclav is bridging the gap between the worlds of marketing & innovation. In 10 years of his marketing career he has consulted businesses across the globe – tech companies in US, China but also corporate clients in Europe. In 2013 Vaclav has brought Leo Burnett's Chicago innovational hub Farmhouse to Prague to foster the innovation within ad business. Before that Vaclav co-founded a brand-tech consultancy Kliché Killers in NYC. In 2016 he has finally decided to devote his time completely to bold entrepreneurs, so he co-founded Air Ventures (www.airvcs.com) fund with Michal Nydrle, well-known admen in CEE. Vaclav is also a partner and creative head of the biggest startup clash in Europe, Startup World Cup & Summit (www.swcsummit.com).
He is a graduate of Tomas Bata University in Zlin, he has studied System Ergonomics and New Media in Portugal and also International Management in Austria. Dog person. Runner. Father. Former DJ.
David Pavliska joined Revolut in October 2018 and took the position of business development manager in the Czech Republic. In Revolut he is responsible for business development and launching Czech branch.
David Pavliska is an experienced manager with a unique profile - with expertise from the Czech's most significant financial companies (Home Credit, Fincentrum) and financial technology pioneers. Passionate about scaling businesses, defining marketing strategies, and growth hacking.
In 2015-2017, as the project manager at Fincentrum, together with the team, he developed and rolled-out the best-in-class online tool for financial analysis helping clients to better understand their financial matters and save money on spending for products such as life insurance, investments or mortgages. He was developing the solutions which transformed the way how customers are treated by financial institutions and allowed them to regain control over spendings for financial products.
Prior to joining Fincentrum, In 2014-2015, David worked on a project of an online payment method developed by Home Credit. As Key Account Manager, he was responsible for advising on digital business strategies for key clients in the e-commerce. Previously in 2014, David was working in marketing team at content marketing management company Chute in San Francisco, California, where he gained his primary experience in marketing strategies and market analysis.
His passion is technological innovation and travelling. He studied at the faculty of law at Charles University in Prague and in The Netherlands.
Dita is a founder of Czechitas, an organization that focuses on finding and developing future talents for IT, especially girl talents. Since the numbers of "boys and girls" in the IT industry are not exactly, Dita aims to change that.
She is a leader of the change that aims to utilise the hidden potential in women working in the technological industry. And since there is everpresent lack of quality developer all around the world, her mission resonates strong within the society.
In 2016 Dita has received European Citizen Award from European Parliament, she is also in the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
I remember computers without the Internet, the Internet without Google, and mobile communication without encryption. I have more than 20 years of professional IT experience, lecturing and writing articles on IT security, cryptography, and new technologies. I am a member of Paralelní Polis, a nonprofit organization providing education in the area of digital freedom, an IT security consultant, and the author of www.digitalni-sebeobrana.cz
A big fish among big fishes in social media.
Although James has kickstarted his career at a rather tech director's chair in Dell UK, in 2011 he joined Facebook to become a social media rising star. He served as Facebook's EMEA Director.
Under his watch, the social media platform number one expanded in the region and so it was no surprise he has climbed up the ladder and become a vice president of Instagram with the focus on business development. From 2014 until 2017 Instagram has seen both massive popularity and revenue growth and so James has acquired yet another success in the startup world.
Since 2017 James is a CEO to Strava, the most engaged community of athletes in the world. Under James watch Strava is skyrocketing its popularity gaining 1 million users every 40 days!
Bill Reichert is one of the Silicon Valley's icons.
With Guy Kawasaki Bill stands behind Garage Ventures that he co-founded in 1998. Bill is also a partner in Fenox Ventures and is one of the fathers to the concept of Startup World Cup, the biggest startup challenge on the planet.
Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups - Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems.
John brings more than 25 years of experience helping to guide some of the world's most successful technology companies through start-up phases, major product launches, branding and marketing campaigns, rapid growth, acquisitions and IPOs. He has raised over $150M in private and public markets and was a key early-stage contributor to companies that are today delivering well over $100B in combined annual sales.
He began his career with Intel and then joined Apple where he worked hard on the marketing of the first Macintosh computers alongside with demanding genius Steve Jobs. John ran marketing and sales for Weitek, the world's first fabless chip company, which completed an IPO and pioneered 3D graphics for video gaming. John was also a Vice President of Global Market Planning and Programs at Oracle and CEO of Cahoots/Informative (a social networking and customer intelligence SaaS company).
Vojta Rocek has an impressive track record in business intelligence guiding Leo Express', Bileto's, Rockaway's decision making process based on data. In 2016 Vojta has decided to kickstart his own project focused on BI - Stories that was acquired only two years later by American giant Workday. Not only Vojta is a successful entrepreneur but he is also an out-of-the-box thinker with the passion in rum tasting, critical thinking (he started his own courses focused on critical thinking area) and a balance between the family life and business.
Petr Rokusek is a visionary entrepreneur and investor in modern energy. In these pursuits, Petr has focused on demonstrating options for a smart combination of nature and technology. In 2008, Petr founded Nano Energies, an energy trading company with three divisions, offering businesses and households the opportunity to consume electricity efficiently and responsibly.
With a team of experts, he is currently developing technologies for electricity-sharing and flexibility aggregation, including blockchain. While still a student at the Czech Technical University, Petr founded his first venture with a Dutch business partner in 1995, establishing what is now a leading visual display group Jansen Display, which was acquired by the US's Sign-Zone last summer. Petr applies an environmentally sustainable approach at several other companies in which he is active. He currently resides in Liechtenstein and spends his workweeks partly in Switzerland and in the Czech Republic researching energy innovations, blockchain technologies and smart textiles under brand NowYou.
Petr has also founded Bluelight.LI fund investing in business ideas with a positive impact on our environment and wants to meet or associate with other investors or funds with a similar mindset and goals.
Experienced Marketing & Communications professional working for 14 years in the financial services industry. Skilled in Marketing Management, Digital Strategy, Smart Technologies and Banking Innovations. Both – pragmatist and visionary recently dealing mainly with Innovations & Digital Revolution in banking services and its impact on User Experience at the international level of the BNP Paribas group.
Petr Sobotka is a freelance Interim Sales Manager with more than 15 years of experience in sales. He's also an Ideaboard leader in the startup incubator UP21, where he's an expert and a mentor focused on incubated startups. As a sales professional, he helps companies to develop their sales process, which leads to better results of sales teams. Among his clients are international companies from the fields of energetics, IT, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Steckler has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Avast since January 2009.
Through his leadership and business strategies, Mr. Steckler grew billings 35X, reaching $811M in 2017, and has developed an executive leadership team that has consistently delivered industry leading profits to the bottom line.
Prior to joining Avast, Mr. Steckler was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consumer Sales at Symantec Corporation, where he was in charge of multi-channel international consumer sales valued at $2.0 billion. Mr. Steckler also served over two years as Symantec's Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan and was responsible for all enterprise and consumer business in that region. Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Steckler had 20 years of experience in software development, systems analysis and engineering, and business development.
Mr. Steckler holds two B.S. degrees from the University of California, Irvine, one in Mathematics and the other in Information and Computer Science.
Tomáš Studeník is radical innovator and city hacker. Tomáš holds MBA from University of Liverpool and continues with post-gradual studies of innovation at HEC Paris. He is the CEO of Insane Business Ideas (www.inbui.com), a consultancy that helps industry leaders such as ŠKODA AUTO or Plzeňský Prazdroj innovate. Tomáš organized first global CEE Hacks hackathon (www.ceehacks.com) in 2017 and has since then held numerous innovation events to improve mobility, energy and health in European cities. Apart from consulting companies on innovation strategy, Tomáš holds popular monthly FuckUp Nights (www.fuckupnights.cz) where lessons from failure are publicly shared by distinguished entrepreneurs, scientists and artists. In 2018, Tomáš published the Big Book of Fuckups (www.fuckupy.cz) that the world-renowned economist Tomáš Sedláček called the book of the year.
Kristina works as marketing manager at ESA BIC Prague and has more than 10 years of experience in international marketing & PR from the private and public sector. Her main focus is B2B communication and she helps technical teams working on deep tech / space tech to approach their marketing & PR strategy in the most efficient way. Currently she supports – marketingwise - the 10 space startups growing under ESA BIC Prague's wing. She is crazy for geeky ideas, gadgets, social media, and enjoys working with the Czech space community.
Brand strategist and value proposition designer who's worked across the globe for brands like Achmea, Unilever, O2, MINI, Pernod Ricard, Starbucks and many others. As part of the board of UP21 Milan is responsible mainly for strategic and creative steering of the invested ventures. Also active on the advisory board of multiple start-ups and family businesses, heading the strategic efforts of STRV on the American market and building a company called Unicorn Attack that helps corporations to create new value.
Pavel's experience with startups was gained early and firsthand. After graduating from university, he started his own small consulting firm to assist foreign companies entering the Czech market. In the 1990s, he matched local companies with relevant and eager foreign investors.
Business–IT alignment is Pavel's greatest strength. During his tenure in the banking industry in the late '90s, he developed his financial services skills. Later he solidified his experience in technology at IBM where he spent 12 years. Another domain Pavel has been focusing on is cultivating an innovative corporate culture at the companies where he has been involved.
Currently, Pavel leads the Deloitte Consulting and Technology advisory business in Central Europe. He also serves on the advisory boards of several technology startups, where he identifies and builds alliances with various technology vendors (both startup and big tech).
Michal is the founder and CEO of a fintech company called Twisto and a member of Forbes 30 under 30. He has lived a total of 11 years abroad, with time in Russia, Great Britain and the US. He began his career in London where he joined Barclays Capital after graduating from King's College. When he returned to the Czech Republic in 2013, he founded Twisto. Twisto today has more than 90 employees and is backed by leading investors such as ING, UNIQA, ENERN, Partners and Miton.
Vít Šubert is a co-founder of the startup incubator UP21, a manager with more than 20 years of corporate experience and a team leader in the cultural arts field.
He is one of the founding fathers of online services in the Czech Republic. At the turn of the millennium, he built and led, in typical startup fashion, the Internet division of what was then known as Czech Telecom incumbent under the Internet On Online (IOL) brand.
He spent 23 years of his career at multinational corporations, including serving as marketing and product director at Dell Computers in London, where he was responsible for Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Italy. He also led 1,400 employees at O2, where he was personally responsible for generating multi-million-€ turnovers is Business Division Director.
In 2015, he started to build, literally out of a garage, the startup incubator UP21, which was funded by Czech billionaire and mathematician Karel Janeček. To date, more than 15 projects in the Czech Republic as well as various other countries have gone through UP21. Vít aims to make UP21 one of the top 10 best startup incubators in Europe.
Vít draws inspiration for leading the incubator and negotiating with promising B2B project founders (UP21's primary focus) from different types of startup approaches he experienced firsthand. He helmed a startup regime within O2's corporate environment. In 2010, he founded his own startup selling tennis equipment online and building a network of tennis players and coaches. He sold the company three years later. Today, as the CEO of UP21, he decides which projects the company will finance and also mentors several startups on the Czech market that are not involved with UP21.
Martin has an interesting experience in finance from few different perspectives - a consulting firm, a bank, a startup and a seed investor and incubator.
He started his career in financial consulting working for PwC in the Valuation & Strategy Department in 2010. Subsequently, he moved to J&T Bank in 2012 where he analysed loans, solvency and credit risk. After a year and half, he left the bank and took a very interesting and challenging role in a newly established startup called Cashplay which was building a monetarization platform for mobile game developers.
Currently, he works as a CFO in UP21. His main responsibilities are management of funds, the controlling of UP21's startup portfolio, the assessment of new investment opportunities, financial due diligence and consulting and advising startups with various problems.
Remco is passionate about digital disruption and has worked in startups focusing on emerging technologies for 5 years, most recently establishing more than 40 applied Artificial Intelligence communities worldwide as part of the core team of CITY.AI before evangelizing the use of data and machine learning for digital transformation in banking with W.UP.
Revolut ambassador, Founder of Budapest AI, and previously co-founded 2 digital health startups.
Jiří graduated in business administration at the Technical University of Liberec in 1999. He joined the Kofola group in 2010, when he became responsible for the marketing strategy of Czech operations. In 2011 he also started to head the marketing department in Slovakia. Since 2015 he has been acting as CEO in Poland. Prior to joining the Kofola group, Jiří was the marketing manager at Poděbradka (1999-2000), the export manager at Karlovarské minerální vody (2001-2005), the commercial director at HBSW (Ukraine) (2006-2007), and the marketing director at Poděbradka (2008-2010).
Blake Wittman is CEO of GoodCall, known as one of the first disruptors of the recruitment agency business in Central Europe.
Blake has a 17-year career highlighted by a passion for people and purpose, with experience across a broad spectrum of companies – from internet startups to Fortune100 companies.
Juan is currently part of the team at E.ON responsible for the mass-deployment of smart meters, including all communication technology, IT infrastructure, and data analytics.
In previous years, he led several projects aiming to build E.ON's smart metering technical specifications. This includes cybersecurity lab tests, field deployment of devices, and cooperation with numerous universities. He also provides support for the analysis and creation of concepts based on new prospective technologies in the energy sector.
In addition to 5 years of experience at E.ON in the Czech Republic and Germany, Juan holds an engineering degree from Czech Technical University in Prague, and is an MBA candidate at the Technical University of Berlin.
Jana has a long-standing experience in the corporate environment in banking, telecommunications, and management consulting in Western Europe, CEE, and North and South America.
Jana has always been passionate about innovations and new business models and over the last couple of years, she has been working with start-ups as a mentor and as an investor.
This project is co-financed by European Structural and Investment Funds and Visegrad Fund.


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This is a message for my daughters….I hope that one day they read this at the right time of their life, and somehow it helps them.
Wednesday 28th September 2016
It's a mantra that my husband teaches my daughters; and even before they were born, I knew that this was his motto in life. Never give up!
I watch him with my daughters sometimes, doing things with them that would frighten me, or I would feel nervous about. And he tells them, when they find things tough – Come on, you can do it, never give up! So that's inbuilt into their psyche now – things may be hard in life – but never give up. And because he tells them this constantly, and like a passive smoker, the mantra has become absorbed into my bloodstream – I also think to myself – I should never give up.
So what shouldn't I give up on? My hopes and dreams and ambitions in life.
When days are tough – and I feel that I'm too tired to deal with things, and I really want to give up – I can't. Because in my head there it is – that nagging thought, scratching away at me, no matter how small that voice is – never give up.
When I was growing up, one of my favourite stories was 'Pandora's Box'. I'm sure you're all familiar with it – but to summarise anyway – nosy girl, given a box as a gift, told not to open it, she opens it, let's out terrible suffering into the world – but one tiny thing is left in the box…hope…
I suppose that's what 'Never give up' stems from. Hope. Without hope we have nothing. If we give up, we have lost hope. We've told ourselves that nothing more can be done and shut the situation down.
Sometimes when I tell people about my husband and the things that he does for me – I'm told 'Oh you're so lucky'. Hmmm – the problem with that is that I don't believe in luck. Luck suggests that things are random. Luck suggests that you've been favoured. I don't believe in luck – in fact being told that I'm lucky or unlucky deeply offends me. Everything that happens in your life is due to a series of decisions that you make on a daily basis. You decide if you like the 'bad boy' – you choose to stay with a man who treats you like a piece of dirt – or worse. You decide your own worth. You decide what you deserve in life. You decide how you will be treated by others. It wasn't luck that made me meet my husband and then decide to spend the rest of my life with him – it was a series of choices.
What I've come to realise is that perhaps I knew all along – that I should never give up. There were times in my life that I was treated with disrespect; I wasn't valued; I was (in my opinion), unfavourably overlooked. So then I had two choices.
a) Stay in that situation – moan to all and sundry – be unhappy – but be passive and do nothing positive to get myself out of that situation;
b) Make the choice that I deserve better and fight tooth and nail to make my life better.
ALWAYS CHOICE B! Always, always, always choice B. Never be a victim. Never be a moaner. Never be passive. If you're in a negative situation – learn the lessons that you need to learn and then take steps to get the hell out of it. Choice B is the never give up choice. If you're unhappy – you deserve better. Don't listen to what people say – watch their actions, that'll tell you everything that you need to know. And be brave. They say that fortune favours the brave….well you know that I don't believe in luck – but brave people are people that have been placed in a crap situation and they actively do something to try and make things better. Sometimes willingly – at times unwillingly. But be brave.
I watch my daughters now – and I pray that they always know their self-worth. That they always know how precious and valuable they are. That they come from a stock of fighters. That they have the strength and courage to overcome all obstacles. That they deserve for their hopes and dreams to come true – and that they never give up. Not just with tasks that are challenging; but with all things – never, never, never give up.


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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Well written
Because I haven't the skills to write so well this morning...
Why doesn't he call?See here for the full effect of the latest from Fish.
He's changed his mind.
This is a clear signal of disinterest.
And, abhorrently – He's just not that into me. (I'm throwing up in my mouth as I type that.)
It's like all of my insecurities got naked and went streaking.
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I used to be intimidated by cheese.
Thanks to an expat assignment, I lived in France between 2009 and 2012. Cheese is to France like cold is to Antarctica: it's unavoidable. Cheese is available at all meals, morning, noon, and night. You can have it for a starter, a main dish, or a dessert. Every town in France we've ever visited, regardless of size, has at least one fromagerie. At some point, by dint of ubiquity, you are effectively forced into learning more about cheese.
Thus while there was no shortage of means or opportunity, motive was a bit tougher. Becoming more knowledgeable about cheese meant taking a very significant leap over cultural and digestive hurdles, each of which was more than a little intimidating.
Despite there being an excellent fromagerie not five minutes from our first apartment, the first cheese we bought was from the Franprix, an ordinary grocery chain with a standard selection of French cheeses. It was an Ossau-Iraty, (post coming shortly), a mildly tangy and firm sheep's cheese from the French side of the Basque country. Purchasing the cheese at the Franprix allowed me to make my selection with zero personal interactions, thus sparing me the embarrassment of being incapable of communicating both what I liked and how much I wanted.
It took nine months until I felt fluent enough in French to venture into a cheese store. While one can find a decent variety of cheese in groceries all over France, going to a fromagerie is the condition sine qua non for any serious exploration. A good fromagerie is a temple to aged refined milk products; the fromager, its priest; the customers, its supplicants.
Upon entry, I realized how utterly unprepared I was for the task at hand. For my entire life, cheese had only come in one form: the hermetically-sealed, preservative-laden, perfectly-formed lump. You either bought it in a block, or you had it sliced for sandwiches at the deli counter. My Franprix experience was pretty similar; the only difference was that the cheese wasn't preserved. Yet here I was confronted by at least one hundred neatly arranged varieties of cheese in shapes and sizes I had never seen, none of which was hermetically sealed, in a room that felt inappropriately refrigerated. I was assaulted by the foreign smell. My gastrointestinal reservations were surely not misplaced, I thought. There would be no escaping the internal distress I was about to inflict upon myself.
Happily, I lived through the experience. Perhaps the most remarkable finding was physiological: I had no ill effects whatsoever. (Imagine that. Fresh, natural food with no additives or preservatives is better for you. Tastes better, too. This goes for meat, cheese, fruit, vegetables, fish, bread, chocolate, and all the derivatives thereof.) More importantly though, I found myself capable of asking for the recommendations of the welcoming sellers who were happy to steer me toward a boundless variety of flavors, smells, and textures. I was hooked.
By the time I returned to the US, I realized I had a regret. I had paid too little attention to what I liked, and where it came from. Despite numerous visits, I could never overcome my awe of the place to really focus on the product. A friend of mine once told me, "N'oublie jamais que la France est un pays de terre." Most smoothly translated, it means "Never forget that France is an agricultural country," although it is more apt to translate the phrase literally: "France is a country of the earth." Every natural product is defined by its terroir, the unique combination of climate, soil, plant, and beast, that, when fashioned by culture and practices often centuries old, creates tastes that, for this American at least, were heretofore unimaginable.
Our return to France allows me that rare chance to make amends and to learn more about cheese. It's my hope to become a real amateur in the French sense of the word: a fan, a novice, an explorer.
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Features and Publications
We have been featured on prominent online wedding blogs, below are some examples of these features.
Some of the features are clickable and will take you to the featured wedding.
We have been featured on
Want That Wedding, Juno & Joy, Lemonade and Lenses, Whimsical Wonderland Weddings, Love My Dress, Knotsvilla, Your Perfect Wedding Photographer UK, Boho Weddings, Festival Brides, The English Wedding Blog
Thanks to the BOHO Weddings team for featuring Paul and Nikkis incredible garden wedding.
Who said England is always wet and cold? We find ourselves shooting in 30 degree weather most summers as we did at Emily and Ben's wedding.
Vikki and Sam's wedding was also featured on the English Wedding Blog.
Our first ever wedding feature way back in 2012. Thanks to Sonia for supporting us and sharing our work at such an early stage in our career. Our work has since matured and changed so much, we will always be grateful for those that supported us early on.


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Outside the Department of Education (DepEd) Main Office in Pasig City, representatives of Save Our Schools (SOS) Network and Salinlahi Alliance for Children's concerns expressed alarm over what they perceived as intensified acts of harassment, surveillance and intimidation against Lumad children, teachers, and administrators camping out in front of the DepEd compound especially after President Rodrigo Duterte's recent threat to crack down on communist sympathizers.
"If they just want to know what the Lumad students and teachers are fighting for, they only need to talk with us, but what's alarming is they take pictures without our permission while riding in motorcycles without license plate and usually hiding behind face masks, they wouldn't do that if they don't have malicious intentions" said Rius Valle, SOS Mindanao Spokesperson.
Valle also disclosed that suspected state agents started to harass Lumad students after Duterte's crackdown declaration against suspected CPP sympathizers: "Before, only DepEd security personnel were taking pictures without our permission. Shortly after Duterte's crackdown against suspected CPP allies, men on motorcycles were seen more often, making us feel that a witch hunt is on against those who are just expressing legitimate concerns."


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Heavy Ears Alldayer – Maidenhead
According to the people running this (Sarah and Lee), they're trying to get a mod scene up and running in their area, so the Heavy Ears Alldayer is well worth supporting if you are in the Maidenhead area.
DJs will be playing mod, soul, ska, psych and freakbeat sounds, stalls will be selling records, vintage clothing etc and four live bands are playing on Saturday 13th August.
It takes place at The Farmer's Boy, 2 Harrow Lane, Maidenhead, SL2 7PE. Tickets are £12 in advance, £15 on the door. To find out more, give Lee a call on 07796 847017 or email Sarah here.
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That postcode is wrong, it should be SL6 7PE.


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IUI vs IVF
In order to determine if you're a candidate for IUI, the female needs to undergo an assessment of her tubal functioning because the tubes, the Fallopian tubes, are the transportation in the pelvis of the eggs and sperm into the uterus, and if that is not functional then an IUI will not be successful regardless of the amount of sperm count, motility or shape. Regardless of that, if all of that is normal, you still need the transportation to be functional, which is the Fallopian tubes.
In order to assess the Fallopian tubes, a hysterosalpingogram is performed. During this procedure, dye is placed into the uterus and then it goes into the Fallopian tubes and a radiologist or physician can determine whether or not the tubes are patent, or open.


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State Representative Sylvester Turner officially kicked off his mayoral campaign at Minute Maid Park today.
Turner lost two previous runs for the position in 1991 and 2003.
State Representative Sylvester Turner officially kicked off his mayoral campaign at Minute Maid Park today.
Turner lost two previous runs for the position in 1991 and 2003.
Rise Communities has announced it will embark on the development of Meridiana, the premier master-planned community on Texas 288 minutes south of the Texas Medical Center in Manvel and Iowa Colony.
Located near the interchange of Texas 288 and Highway 6, Meridiana also is close to several large-scale employers in Freeport including new projects planned by Dow Chemical and BASF.
By Aman Batheja
In what's expected to be a marathon budget debate on the Texas House floor Tuesday, lawmakers are likely to veer into hot-button issues including abortion, gay marriage, illegal immigration, school vouchers, racism and gender equality.
By Erin Mulvaney
Construction on a 188-acre development in Conroe is now underway.
Gracepoint Homes broke ground on the community Stillwater, which is near Interstate 45 just south of FM 1488. When completed, the community will offer 55, 65 and 80-foot properties. There will also be gated 100-foot homesites in a gated section. Pricing is expected to start in the mid $400,000′s. Presales will start this summer. The community ultimately offer 381 single-family homes in six sections.
Despite the downbeat tone of economy in the oil-rich Lone Star State, Houston continues to put up some impressive jobs growth numbers.
The Houston metro area created 96,700 jobs in the 12-month period ending February 28, 2015, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
By Kevin Diaz
The Lone Star state's two U.S. senators came out on opposite sides Friday of a GOP budget blueprint that was heralded as a sign that Republicans can govern better than Democrats.
The largely party-line 52-46 vote followed a marathon "vote-a-rama" of amendments, none of them binding, on a 2016 budget document which serves mostly as a guideline for federal spending over the next decade.
By Nancy Sarnoff
The new Petroleum Club is almost settled in to its new multi-million-dollar home on the top floor of Total Plaza, after recently moving from the former Exxon Mobil building at 800 Bell.
The new space has a cigar bar, an expansive kitchen with a chef's table (reserved for those who have donated at least $50,000 to the club) and just like in the old space, a collection of geodes on loan from Houston's Museum of Natural Science.
By Michael Sudhalter
Missouri City is building consensus to increase compensation for its police officers and to address capital improvements for the police station as the Fiscal Year 2015 budget process begins.
"We will determine the best way for us to address the pay situation," Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen said.
By Erin Mulvaney
The Harris County Appraisal District has sent out notices that may induce "sticker shock" to some homeowners.
Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Sullivan said claiming exemptions is the easiest way property owners can lower their tax burden.
By Michael Theis and Olivia Pulsinelli
The Houston and Dallas metropolitan areas were the only two nationwide to add more than 100,000 people between July 2013 and July 2014, according to new data released March 26 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Barbara Kuntz
A change in ownership of development companies, as well as the drastic drop in oil prices, have moved new property holders to reevaluate a $1 billion plan to transform Uptown Park.
Officials with the complex's new owner, Edens Investment Trust, announced the pause, almost a year after AmREIT, a Houston-based real estate investment trust and the former owner, revealed an ambitious plan to make over a wide swath of the shopping and dining destination located along the West Loop at Post Oak Boulevard.
The nation's best markets for single-family investment are Texas cities: Houston (1), Austin (2) and Dallas (3), with Denver (4) and Orlando (5) rounding out the top 5, all which have seen substantial job and population growth.
That's according to the latest data from Dallas-based HomeVestors (operator of the "We Buy Ugly Houses" organization) and Local Market Monitor, the national real estate forecaster.
The Senate approved a package of bills Wednesday that would cut taxes in Texas by more than four billion dollars. Senate Finance Committee Chair Jane Nelson told colleagues that now's the perfect time to give taxpayers relief. "When our economy is healthy, when we have billions of dollars in our coffers, I feel like we ought to give some of that back to the people that sent it to us," she said. Tax cuts have been a major priority for Senate leadership, with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick promising meaningful tax relief in his first press conference of the session and Governor Greg Abbott promising to reject any budget that lacked significant tax reduction. The budget currently being considered by the Finance Committee is written to anticipate the tax cuts passed Wednesday.
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Skyrocketing apartment rents have begun to soften as new supply hits the Houston market, according to a new report.
Annual effective rent growth — how much rents, minus concessions, are going up on an yearly basis — fell for the second consecutive month and is at its lowest level in more than a year, according to Axiometrics Inc., a Dallas-based multifamily research company.
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Cyclone Anaya's Mexican Kitchen and Nick's Fish Dive & Oyster Bar are preparing to open at 20 Waterway Avenue in The Woodlands Waterway Square.
The two restaurants will take over the spaces vacated by La Lupita Mexican Cuisine & Bar and Luca & Leonardo Ristorante last year.
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A fight over lucrative long-term contracts for the right to hawk everything from handbags to hamburgers at Houston's airports has spurred allegations that some winning bidders have stretched city rules on ethics and contracting, prompting two City Council members to return recent campaign contributions.
Representative Ed Thompson has announced that he will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting in April. The event will take place on Saturday, April 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and will be held in the Pearland ISD Educational Support Center in Pearland.
"I hope this gathering will allow Brazoria County residents to ask questions, exchange information, and receive an update on ongoing issues of the 84th Legislative Session," Rep. Thompson remarked. "Ensuring that the voices of District 29 residents are heard is extremely valuable to me as we begin to review more and more legislation each day."


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Korby, from the Wild Game Hunting Podcast joins Mike and Zack to talk Spring Turkey. Mike's brother, Brandt, also joins us for the show. We do appologize for the static during a few spots on the show.
God and Guns Podcast
Episode 011 - The Turkey Hunt & Christian Perspective on Hunting
Welcome back to the God and Guns Podcast. My name's Mike, your host, (Zack) And I'm Zack, your other host.
Zack and I use this podcast to talk about God, guns, and the responsible Christian gun owners interests.
Today we'll be talking about Hunting; specifically with spring Turkey hunting kicking off we will be talking turkey hunting. This week Korby from The Wild Game Hunting Podcast will join us a little later.
And the bandwidth for this episode is brought to you by the Firearms Radio Network.
Comedy Corner:
- Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors
Weekly Bible Verse:
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
Main Topic:
- Korby tell us a little about yourself and your podcast.
- How did you get into hunting?
- What type of hunting do you do?
- What area of the country do you hunt?
- What type of firearm (or bow) to use for turkey hunting?
- What would you tell a novice who wants to get into Turkey hunting?
- Explain to us how turkey hunting work? (typically when can you use firearm, when can you hunt toms?)
- In your opinion what is the best way to find turkeys to hunt? (our farm land has plenty of deer but no Turkey's)
- When to use a turkey call?
- When to use a decoy? Hen, Jake, and Tom, Gobbler
- What type of blind to you use? (Shed, etc)
- What would you say are some moral issues on hunting, from a Christian perspective? (is it ok? ok to kill animals?)
- Where can everyone follow you and find out more about The Wild Game Hunting Podcast?
Leviticus 11 / Deuteronomy - Speaks about animals that can be eaten. Clearly animals are ok to eat.
John 21:6
6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.
Philippians 4:19
19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Genesis 27:3 ESV / 116 helpful votes
Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me,
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The days are drawing closer and the seats are filling up and our hearts are just thumping faster. The Influence Conference started as a few women dreaming things much bigger than them, taking some audacious leaps of faith, and starting on a project that was bigger than any of them knew. But we did it because we saw a body of women who were longing for influence and we wanted to unite them, encourage them, and to make sure that of those of us who want to use our voice are using it for the common thread of the Good News.
There is a new generation coming up and we can barely look online, look in our own daily lives, without seeing it. We're all different ages and in all different places. Some of us are home with little babies, some are wishing their kids were still babies, some are unmarried and some of us are longing for the next season. What's truly different about us is that we don't really believe in coincidence and we didn't end up where we are by accident. No longer do we believe the lie that we are in the city we're in just because or given the friend's we've been given by chance or been given a voice online by happenstance. We see His purpose in our days and in our words and we are coming to the day, to the table, to the blog eager and ready to be used.
And The Influence Conference is about that. It's about uniting a body of women who are willing and ready to have their voices used by the Lord in real life and online. It's about letting them see one another face to face and identify this people group who have like-minded hearts and desires. It's about saying that we're all in this together and learning from each other as we go. It's about learning from those wiser than us and gaining tools to work smarter and not harder. It's about leaving encouraged, excited, equipped to let the Lord use you to build whatever it is He wants you to build in real life and online, because you've been saved and empowered by the Gospel.
Here are our promises to the beautiful women who are going to meet us in Indianapolis October 11th: We will have fun. We will laugh. We will stay in a beautiful hotel and eat yummy food and feel like we belong there - because when your common thread is the Good News - you always belong. We will share women and men with you who have wisdom about sharing our stories and using our voice for God's glory. There will be tips and tricks and eye opening sessions about better business and easier blogging. We are going to learn about benefitting our families financially successfully without forsaking them. We are going to devote ourselves to the practice of using our voice and our story without living a life that blares our own horn.
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We've all heard the unfortunate news. Manilla has pulled the plug and will no longer be available post June 2014. How sad! It was the most popular money management app in the SuperMoney community and many are expressing their shock to see it go. Luckily, for the personal finance enthusiast, we have alternatives and quite honestly, some of them are even better than Manilla. Check the list.
1. Finovera – Just as good as Manilla, may be ever better!
"Manage all your bills, statements and financial documents in one secure place. Sign up for Finovera and organize your financial life in ten minutes." – This is what the official Twitter handle of Finovera says. It's a neat app that helps you cut through the chaos of having to organize bills – simple as that. Link your accounts to Finovera once, and it will take care of the rest. Finovera collects a 12-month history of bills and statements, and automatically downloads new ones as they post. It will also let you know when a payment is due, and when you're ready to pay. So, its a one stop shop for anything bills. Just like Manilla!
Check out their official site here. They're on Twitter as well.
2. Mint – Bigger, better than Manilla.
Mint is a free budgeting and personal finance management app that tracks almost every aspect of your finances. Its not in Manilla's league though. While Manilla is your "folder" for bills, Mint does a lot more than that and lets you manage your whole personal finance portfolio by integrating your banks, bills, investments, subscriptions, credit card and the like on one single platform. It is also intelligent, in that it will analyze your spending and budgeting habits and suggest you methods to save. And those fancy graphic charts totally make sense. We love Mint. It may not be a A to B replacement for Manilla but you'll feel good using it.
They're on Twitter too, should you have any questions. Official website here.
3. SigFig – Gives you the full picture.
SigFig again is bigger than Manilla and does a lot more than just bill management. SigFig will design you a professionally diversified portfolio, monitor it, and automatically make the necessary changes to keep it on track. Competitors to SigFig include Betterment, Jemstep and Wealthfront. All of which offer software-based financial advice as a substitute to expensive financial institutions and private wealth managers. So, if you're looking at getting a better money management app than Manilla, we strongly recommend that you try SigFig.
And, they're on Twitter too.
4. Wave – Personal Finance + Money Management on Steroids!
100% free personal finance software that helps you stay on top of your income, expenses, and investments, fast – that's the Wave mantra. Its actually a suite of tools all rolled into one, helping you manage everything from personal finance to budgeting, business accounting and a lot more. The best thing? It's free. Download it here.
5. Hello Wallet – No frills, just a lot of value.
This is an app that puts your personal finance management on steroids. Seriously! Not only does it allow you to see all accounts (bank, credit cards, loans, 401K, HSA, IRA, etc) in one place, it also helps to have a holistic understanding of your financial state. The app automatically categorizes spending so you can see where my money is going and areas where you can reduce spending. Just the thing that you want ! is it an alternative to Manilla? Yes, but more. More is good! Check out HelloWallet reviews here.
6. Prism – Probably the best Manilla alternative.
This is probably the best alternative to Manilla yet (along with Finovera) that does just what Manilla did – all your bills in one place! Simple as that. Prism puts all of your bills in one app that lets you review, manage and pay your bills for free – anytime, anywhere. If you are looking for a bill management solution and do not want the extra pain of managing all your personal finance accounts in one place, this is it.
So, there you have it. Manilla is long gone (we love you Manilla) but worry not! These are the Manilla alternatives out there that can do your bill management effectively and better than Manilla. Let us know what you think and don't forget to review the apps.
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Belgian national Leslie Maras has been since 2006 in an Egyptian prison for an effort to take drugs into Egypt. Leslie's case is not a human rights case but a humanitarian case. Leslie got into financial and relational problems in Belgium and got in touch with the wrong people who claimed they could "help" him find a "solution" to pay off his depts through taking drugs to Egypt. All circumstances indicated that this was a trap to get rid of Leslie. Leslie knew at that time nothing of Egypt and the harsh punishments in Egypt for any crime related to drugs. His working-class parents have since made all efforts to support Leslie, initially in court and later with requests for a pardon which, however, is not possible in Egypt for drugs related cases. Yet, since they did not know how to handle this case they have been ripped of by a first Egyptian lawyer, paid a lot of money for the second lawyer and now no longer can finance any legal support. Egyptian prisoners mostly live in overcrowded cells and depend on their families for food, medical and other support. Leslie's parents do not live in Egypt and need to pay for this to get this done. For how Leslie lives in prison see the reports of Henri Dubois and Joan Cabrera Robles. Leslie's parents are only able to come once per year to Egypt to visit their son. They are old and frail and only God knows how long they will be able to keep supporting their son.
Former Egyptian Member of Parliament Dr. George Messiha and Egyptian lawyer Amal Daoud have spoken with Egyptian authorities and are ready to let Leslie return to his home country on condition there is a prisoner exchange treaty with Belgium. Intern Yūsuf R. Kāmil investigated the prisoner exchange treaties Egypt has with other countries which shows this is feasible. His report can be found here. But the Belgians need to start negotiating with the Egyptians.
A treaty was supposed to be the main topic in conversations between the Federal Prosecutor of Belgium and his Egyptian colleague in May 2018 but none of the delegation members mentioned it. [E-mail by FPS Foreign Affairs representative to Leslie's mother, January 4, 2019]
Thus, mother Brigitte Maras wrote the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders, who responded on December 21, 2018, that Leslie's transfer to Belgium is impossible since there is no treaty between Egypt and Belgium. He confirms that the Belgian Embassy will continue to support Leslie in prison and to draw the Belgian authorities' attention to Leslie's dossier. The Belgian Embassy is indeed doing its consular work in an excellent way but the minister speaks with no word about Belgian efforts to start negotiations for the much needed treaty.
In an email on January 9, 2019 a FPS of Justice Representative wrote to Leslie's mother that this needs a political decision. Government officials execute decisions and treaties. They don't make them. That needs an initiative in the Belgian Parliament.
Leslie's parents had thus far feared interviews with media, frightened that something could be mispresented and thus making it even harder for Leslie to return to Belgium, but now they decided to seek contact with the Gazet van Antwerpen. The Gazet van Antwerpen interviewed Leslie's parents and requested information from the Foreign Ministry which resulted in a publication on February 18, 2019. This was translated with their permission and placed in Arab-West Report. For the full text click here. Following this publication ATV interviewed the parents.
We also translated excerpts of the correspondence between mother Maras and Belgian officials. To see these texts please click here and here.
We all hope this will soon come so that Leslie finally will be able to be close to his family and get ready for reintegration in Belgian society once his sentence has been completed.
February 21, 2019
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Makes glaze for up to 2 rib racks
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2 cups hot water
1 head Black Garlic, divided into cloves
1/2 cup Good Grocer HG Sauce or Tomato ketchup
1/3 cup lime juice
1/3 cup honey
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano leaves
¼ tsp each salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Place the ribs in a roasting pan, pour over the water and scatter with garlic cloves. Cover pan with foil and bake, turning once, for 2 hours or until tender.
2. Meanwhile, make the BBQ glaze. Place HG sauce, lime juice, honey, chilli, paprika, oregano, salt and pepper in a saucepan; stir over low heat for a minute, to combine. Increase heat and simmer hard for 5 minutes, or until thickened.
3. Remove the cooked ribs from the pan. Squeeze the garlic pulp from the cloves and stir pulp into the glaze mixture. Brush ribs generously with glaze.
4. Preheat a barbecue grill or chargrill to medium. Cook ribs for 3-4 minutes on each side or until caramelised and slightly charred. Transfer to a board and use a large sharp knife to cut between the ribs.