He wanted to be a soldier, so he became a hairdresser. A thrower and rocker at heart, a creator and artist at heart. Very enterprising, even more popular. Luka Holešek - one of the best hairdressers in our country, enriched not only by the most advanced knowledge of hairdressing in the world, but also by his exceptional entrepreneurship, which he puts into practice in various projects.
"Everyone must be responsible for himself first and foremost. Nowadays, knowledge is at everyone's fingertips. If you want it, anything is possible."
Catapult is an entrepreneurial environment for acrobats with a physical product. But when we were looking for software solutions for material management and accounting for companies that also do business with foreign countries, we met an interesting Acrobat. With their startup DDD Invoices, they won the Best Startup award at the Rubik hub accelerator in Romania, went through the 500 global accelerator and offer their services to major global and Slovenian companies, including Dewesoft and Halcom.
At our Tales of the Acrobats events, you're sure to have reached for the mouth-watering snacks, which are always placed on a decorated table as if prepared by a master decorator. That's Špela Ravnikar, who combines her artistic flair with entrepreneurship.
The story of Bombina Bistro is essentially a story about love for food and love for Trbovlje. Above all, it is the story of Urh and Barbara, who were able to unite their diversity in the same vision.
First there were three students. Only one - Urban Valentič - persisted. He made Teglc - an innovative solution for watering plants, on which he proudly writes "Made in Slovenia". He wants to be an entrepreneur all over the world, but he will always keep production at home, in Trbovlje.
Luka Groboljšek. Some of you know him as the recipient of the Dr. Slavko Grum plaque for special achievements in the field of culture. You may know him as the bass player in the music group Lagard, which filmed a music video for the song Naša knapouska kri (Our Miners' Blood) in 2022 at the top of a mine tower in Kisovec. In October 2023, they sold out their show featuring the symphonic orchestra in the renovated hall of the Delavski dom Zagorje Cultural Centre.
Aleksander, Samo and Jan - three colleagues and passionate cyclists who are revolutionising electric bike repair.
"We make guns." What do you do? "Guns. Here, in our hills," he points to the hills towards Podkum. Should we be excited or scared? "These are sport guns," Ziga Mandelj quickly reassures us. "Will you come and have a look?" Who wouldn't be drawn by curiosity to say, "Of course!"
At NEOM Studio, interesting design with wood meets sustainable development. Domen makes designer furniture that is assembled without screws and glue. The very naming of these pieces shows his innovation and essence in the experience ...
From the place where Gregor Strniša comes from, they have a very entertaining event, the "Climb with the Šajtrga to Svibno". The main task is to grab your shajtrga and compete in speed or creativity. "You know what, we're not going to swizzle," said Gregor's brother. So they were left with the option of competing in creativity. And off they went: a shaker, two pipes, a tap, a bottle of Radenska and a bottle of wine - a shaker that makes you squirt.
"This is a connectivity environment. So we can take our entrepreneurial dreams even higher."