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14/10/2025
Stablecoins 2025: From Crypto Curiosity to Fintech Cornerstone Stablecoins have undergone a remarkable transformation, turning from a niche cryptocurrency utility into a fundamental component of mainstream financial infrastructure. What began as a blockchain solution for cryptocurrency traders has evolved into […]
08/05/2025
Guided by Victor Hugo’s renowned quote—“Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less”—I embarked on my Executive MBA journey at COTRUGLI Business School shortly after becoming a father to a one-month-old […]
12/02/2025
Enhancing Finance Skills with COTRUGLI Business School COTRUGLI Business School continues to provide top-tier business education through its Mini MBA program, with the latest module, “Finance for Non-Finance Executives,” successfully held on February 4-5, 2025, for Salveo CEE. This module […]
06/02/2025
Date: February 11–13, 2025Location: Gospodarsko razstavišče, Dunajska cesta 18, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia We are thrilled to invite you to the IFAM, INTRONIKA, ROBOTICS 2025 exhibition, taking place from February 11 to 13, 2025, at Gospodarsko razstavišče in Ljubljana. This leading B2B fair focuses on automation, mechatronics, sensor […]
01/12/2025
What Are FOMO and FOFO – and How They Sabotage Your Future You know that feeling when you’re scrolling, you see other people’s “success,” and something tightens in your chest? “Why am I not there yet?” “What if I miss […]
01/12/2025
NEO World, NEO Finance: Could AI Agents & Programmable tokens be used in banks, and why leading banks are already piloting? Thinking note for Belgrade workshop next week. I don’t like to talk to many people about new concepts, but […]
01/12/2025
Ten Trillion in the Fog: Could AI Revolution Become a Bubble? Thinking Note – Watches, AI, Business as an Art, Critical Thinking in Vanguard Leadership The AI revolution is real — but the numbers look fragile. $300B invested for $60-80B […]
30/10/2025
The Wolf, the Dog, and the Sheep: A Vanguard Leadership View of Business Today and Tomorrow Business is entering a time of AI and Robots, and a time where the cost of time will grow in significance. In a time […]
14/10/2025
Stablecoins 2025: From Crypto Curiosity to Fintech Cornerstone Stablecoins have undergone a remarkable transformation, turning from a niche cryptocurrency utility into a fundamental component of mainstream financial infrastructure. What began as a blockchain solution for cryptocurrency traders has evolved into […]
13/10/2025
Stablecoin 101: A Clear Guide to Digital Currency Stability Stablecoin is rapidly becoming a core component of modern financial systems, offering speed, stability, and accessibility across global transactions. Terence Tse and Dražen Kapusta explain how these blockchain-based assets differ from […]
07/08/2025
The Mystery: How Did They Do It So Fast? Picture this: Two 21-year-old friends get kicked out of Columbia University. Three months later, their company is worth $120 million and has reached over one billion people online. How is this […]
07/08/2025
Ideally, the tribe gathers in a circle around a fire, with a pipe in hand—filled with who knows what. I tried the pipe once. Didn’t like it. So today, I’ll light a Quai D’Orsay 52 cigar and write down the […]
07/08/2025
In recent years, when I talk to COTRUGLI alumni or interview MBA candidates, I often ask a simple question: Where are you now (Point A), and where do you want to be in 2–3 years (Point B)? If Point B […]
07/08/2025
Modern technological innovations are creating unprecedented opportunities for leadership transformation. This paper explores the synthesis of the Japanese concept of shokunin kushitsu (craftsman’s spirit), Renaissance business philosophy, and contemporary Vanguard Leadership concepts to propose that business represents the highest form […]
