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
Personal growth
Kindness needs courage too
Being good does not mean being weak. A reflection on mercy, courage and the biblical imagery in my original post.
Life between cultures
Why the Finland comparison misses what I mean by belonging
My response to a comparison between Kosovo–Albania and Kosovo–Finland: why celebrating Flag Day in Albania means more to me than tourism.
Life between cultures
One bad experience is not a whole people
A viewer asked about resentment between Albanians. My answer began with something I have experienced myself: judging everyone through one bad encounter.
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