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Courage in Business: Who Are the Entrepreneurs Not Afraid of Recession

From entrepreneurial courage to business madness, the path has never been shorter than in this time of recession. Today, every new hiring, investment in a new product or service, entry into new markets, acquisition of companies is brave…

In the new issue of Lider, we present entrepreneurs who walk on the edge, enter new projects, and are aware that the greatest business risk is not to take risks. Only such brave moves can initiate a new development cycle, and you can read about who is involved in the topic of the issue by our Jasmine Trstenjak.

Matilda Bačelić writes about the long agony of TLM, the former aluminum giant from Šibenik, which is now entering its terminal phase. Over the last twenty years, there has been everything in this thriller with elements of heavy drama, from years of sucking the state budget and sweeping all problems under the rug, to privatization orchestrated by a domestic consortium that was celebrated as a shining example, to the collapse of that same consortium, one foreign owner after another who initially promised mountains and valleys, only for the illusion to quickly dissipate…

You can read in Maja Grbić’s text that there is life for the textile industry, but not in Croatia. Smaller textile manufacturers are closing stores in the country, as it is not profitable to sew or sell in Croatia, but they are opening them in other markets.

In the new issue of Lider, you can also read the portrait of Sven Müller, the new acting director of the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, the business story behind the popular Rujanfest, an analysis of the election results in Germany and Angela Merkel’s victory, as well as how the latest hit from the world of video games, Grand Theft Auto 5, earned a staggering one billion dollars in just three days.

You can read the new issue of Lider on your iPad. Download the app that allows you to purchase it HERE