In the past year and a half, filled with one lockdown after another, working from the Canary Islands sounded like a dream come true. After lockdown number who-even-counts, I was sitting in my room in cold rainy Brussels dreaming about sipping on a light cocktail on my lunch break.

Now that we’ve fattened up, listened to enough Mariah Carey, and hopefully were able to see some of our loved ones, it’s time to send this [pick your adjective] year away.

In the past week, I received many heart-warming LinkedIn messages congratulating me for 7 years with my company. They made me smile, because I started to reflect on the past, which in turn gave me more energy to strive towards what I want us to achieve in the years to come.

Meet alumna from North Macedonia Bisera Savoska: a theatre lover, a person who launched her company at 23 and a marketing expert who works with the world’s top organizations to bring social change.

Was your company going to sponsor a big event this spring? Then the coronavirus outbreak happened and threw the whole of Europe in a massive panic: thousands of events and gatherings have been cancelled all over the continent. Brussels was no exception.

At the end of October, when I told one of my business partners that I was going to the Web Summit, the biggest technology conference in Europe, he said: “I have one question for you: Is it really worth the hype?”