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Continue reading →: „Obudzisz się z penisem w imadle”, czyli wesołe rozmowy z inwestorami
Przez lata prowadzenia biznesu w Polsce, Afryce i na Karaibach słyszałem wiele kreatywnych propozycji. Ta wyróżnia się wyjątkowo precyzyjnym doborem narzędzi. Zamiast harmonogramu rozliczeń — wyposażenie warsztatu. Zamiast argumentów — sugestia, że ocean nikomu w niczym nie przeszkadza. Publikuję fragment spotkania dotyczącego zwrotu zainwestowanych środków. Można usłyszeć, jak rozmowa o…
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Continue reading →: When Paying the Police Is Called “Pressure Tactics”: The Recorded Conversation
A business dispute should be settled through negotiation or in court. In this recorded conversation about the Nigerian complaint against me, the other speaker describes something very different: paying the people handling a case to start it, paying them again to close it, and treating the process as “pressure tactics”.…
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Continue reading →: Osiem lat temu rozpoczęła się moja walka o sprawiedliwość w Nigerii — dokumenty i nagranieOto ostateczny wynik. Osiem lat temu mieszkałem w Lagos, po latach budowania firm z branży turystyki internetowej i e-commerce w Nigerii. Współtworzyłem Jovago, później przemianowane na Jumia Travel, i rozwinąłem je w jedną z czołowych afrykańskich platform rezerwacji hoteli online. Po odejściu z tej funkcji założyłem HotelOga, firmę oferującą oprogramowanie…
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Continue reading →: I’ll Show You: How Being Laughed At Made Me a Top Salesman at Twenty
A bullied, overweight kid from Koszalin turned humiliation into a vow, and the vow into a sales career that paid 15,000 zloty a month. Then came the bathtub.
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Continue reading →: Racing in the Dominican Republic: where to drive, train and compete
People think of the Dominican Republic as beaches, baseball and all-inclusives. I think of it as a country where you can get a kart under you on Monday and a race licence by the end of the season. I race here. I drive in the Dominican national championship, and I…
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Continue reading →: I Lived in South Africa. I Think I Saw Europe’s Future.
When I moved to South Africa in 2017, I used to joke that I was seeing how Europe would look in 20 years. I’m no longer joking.
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Continue reading →: 2:51 pm, Warsaw Airport: The Smile Disappeared from Her Face
I was flying to London to ask bankers for money. Instead, a border guard made a phone call, and I was led away in handcuffs on an Interpol Red Notice from Nigeria.
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Continue reading →: You Don’t Own Your Invoices: Entrepreneurship Under Permission in the Dominican Republic
In the Dominican Republic, opening a company doesn’t mean you can invoice freely. The tax authority decides how many invoices you may issue. That is a quiet but real tax on freedom.
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Continue reading →: Find Your Racetrack: Why a Passion Outside Business Made Me Better at ItI never really had hobbies. Racing taught me that a passion outside business is not a distraction from it. Founders have a well-documented burnout problem, and this is one practical answer.
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Continue reading →: Building While Being Framed as the ProblemI agree with the critics on the problems. The disagreement is about what to do next. A decade in frontier markets, and what evidence says about community land trusts.
Hello,
I’m Marek
Founder & CEO of Samana Group. Author of “Chasing Black Unicorns”. Born in Poland. Built in Nigeria, South Africa and the Dominican Republic. Co-founder of Jumia Travel and SunRoof International. Racing driver.
