Last month I have been invited to come and blog on the entrepreneurs network E.Factor about luxury goods. Last year I already entered the team of E.Factor coaches and now I have been invited to blog on the subject I love.
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"I've been a member of E.Factor since the beginning and I was very proud to become a coach on this excellent network website. Last week the E.Factor team asked me to start blogging about luxury... Apparently I have an (interesting) opinion about it 😉
Well, that is up for you to decide...
I will try to blog here at least once a month, my aim is to blog weekly about luxury. I am very excited to get started and am curious what your feedback will be... For now I will start with a classic Q&A.
My Q&A with E.Factor:
Name: Alon Ben Joseph
Year: 1979
Country: The Netherlands
City: Amsterdam
Q: What is entrepreneurship for you?
A: Fun, adventure, top sport and way of living.
Q: What was your dream job when you were a kid?
A: To become a jeweler 🙂
Q: Why and how did you start your company?
A: I rolled into the family business. But during my college years, I also co-founded an internet company.
Q: Is this your first business?
A: No, one of several.
Q: If you were to start another business, what might it be?
A: Consultancy.
Q: What were some of the early companies you worked with?
A: Too many to mention.
Q: What is your definition of success and have you achieved it?
A: A quote by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) comes to mind: “The greater danger of most of us lies not in setting our aim to high and falling short, but in setting too low and achieving our mark.” Success is relative…
Q: Who has influenced you the most and has been your greatest inspiration?
A: Very cliché: my parents.
Q: What advice would you give to people who are thinking of becoming an entrepreneur?
A: The grass is always greener on the other side. Yes, it gives you a lot of freedom, but also a total new set of ‘stress’. At the end the sum should be a plus for you! But, as Nike said it: “Just do it!”
Q: Describe/outline to us what your typical day looks like?
A: A lot of fun, A lot of phone calls, Really a lot of e-mails and creating added value every day!
Q: Do you achieve balance in your life?
A: Never, but it is oooh sooo much fun to find your own limits and push them further.
Q: Where you see yourself and your business in 3 years?
A: Number 1 eCommerce player in the jewelry & watch business.
Q: And as a final question: If we could introduce you to anyone, who would it be and why? (you never know who we know!)
A: Good one! This is a true entrepreneurs question (ask and share)! Love it! I would love to meet Lev Leviev. He is a self-made man that turned the complete diamond industry around. Living legend.
I really liked the last question, to get the discussion going, I want to ask you the same question 🙂
"If we could introduce you to anyone, who would it be and why?"