I’m Valon Asani, a Swiss-Albanian Entrepreneur, the Founder of dua.com (Matchmaking/Dating Apps) and MIK Group (SEO). As a passionate Entrepreneur in the Business of Love. Writer, Reader and Free Athlete – I’ll do my best to give you added value from my experiences in my blog for your own journey!
Whatever it takes!
Few fast learnings and points I want to make:
- How: Focus. Keep things simple and no distraction.
- Successful people master one discipline – one skill. Maybe two.
- Why I don’t do random coffee meetings.
- Books open up the world. Here’s my current book list including the last 12 months.
- Hard truth: Demoralized people are the reason why there is no difference
What motivates me? Truth, Freedom and Motivating others to keep fighting:
True information does not matter anymore to a person who was demoralized, because the person is unable to assess true information. The facts mean nothing. Even authentic proof, documents, videos, and pictures mean nothing to these do-gooders. They will just refuse to believe it until it is too late and it is too late.
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Ok, not very often – once a month (or quarterly) a short email about things I love or fascinate me and which I think are of great value for you as well.
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Passionate Entrepreneur
for 10+ years, born in Switzerland, started making my own money with 13 (selling chocolate door by door for the International Blue Cross in Switzerland). In 2009 – with 21 and while still doing my apprenticeship in IT – I started my first side-business called pooq.ch with several friends. It was a web design agency. Later in 2011, I gave it another try, this time more professional – and MIK Agency was born. The company was a success and is today well known in the SEO & SEA industry of Switzerland – working for big Swiss and international brands.
Business Traveller & Simplifier
– I’ve been commuting between Zurich and Prishtina for 10 years – because of MIK Group – MIK stands for Made in Kosovo. My parents are from Kosovo and North-Macedonia and came to Switzerland as political refugees in 1988. We had always a strong connection to the old homeland, therefore in 2011, I decided to found a company in Kosovo with a strong connection to Switzerland. The Outsourcing destination soon became my new home, because life was just more simple (and exciting) in Prishtina than in Zurich.
From MIK to dua
– ‘MIK’ means also ‘friend’ in Albanian. In 2013 I started another side-project called ‘AlbanianFriends.com’ to connect Albanians around the globe. In 2019 the side-project became a real company with the name ‘dua’. “Të dua” means “I love you” in Albanian. So from friends to love. In 2019 I ended my career as the CEO of MIK Group, and my partners Ilir Tërstena and Eduard Luta (new CEO) took over and are since then managing the business. I gave all my love, dedication and focus to dua.com which I started with my amazing Co-Founder Larklind!
dua is about connecting
diaspora communities with their home countries, a fundamental but yet unmet need for many globally dispersed communities. We are changing the way globally fragmented communities connect by providing the next-gen mobile platform for best possible matchmaking within ethnic communities.