Relationships
The lock is still there. Are they still talking?
In Hamburg, I looked at all those love locks and had one question: how many of these couples no longer even speak to each other?
Valon Asani · Founder of dua.com & MIK Group
Be the one.
Know your roots.
I’m Valon. I believe we become stronger when we keep our word, love with respect and carry our Albanian roots forward. I share what I’m learning while building companies and a life between Kosovo and Switzerland.
Interactive investigation · Albania
Who holds power over Albania?
Explore the protests, political relationships and coastal projects through an interactive map, timeline and source library.
Start here.
Ideas worth your time.
Explore the essentials
Personal growth
Whose advice are you building your life around?
Don’t take advice from someone whose life you would not want to live. That is the blunt version of what I shared.
Life between cultures
KONCENTROHU: the podcast mission I set out in Prishtina
The original KONCENTROHU mission: Albanian values, people with something to contribute and conversations that move us forward. Plus the studio update.
Conversations that go deeper.
On building companies, connecting people and life between cultures.
Latest writing.
All writing
Life between cultures
Sun, Syni and Zheji: the comparison I shared
My post brought together words for the sun, the eye and the son. Here is the comparison, alongside what the dictionaries establish.
Life between cultures
The five concerns I raised about the Tirana protests
People asked me why the protests were happening. I set out five concerns; this article separates that explanation from verified background.
Life between cultures
A reader was right: I could have answered with more empathy
A reader challenged how I spoke about Albanian identity. I agreed that I could approach the conversation more gently.
Three ways in.
Love well. Live your values. Carry our roots forward. My stories begin with Albanian life and speak to anyone asking similar questions.
What I challenge: disrespect, broken promises and pride that never becomes care or action.
About Valon
Love well. Keep your word. Know your roots.
I’m a Swiss-Albanian founder between Zürich and Prishtina. I build ways for people to connect and grow. I want our values to show in how we love, build and care for the next generation.
Read my story