I grew up in a humble immigrant family that came to Slovenia with almost nothing. At sixteen my parents moved to Austria because of the crisis, but I chose to stay in Slovenia on my own. Those were tough years, and entrepreneurship became my way forward.

I failed many times, worked two jobs, saved every euro, and renovated my first apartment at just twenty. At twenty-two I became the director of a startup accelerator, and I launched my first company, which still runs today. At twenty-three I hit a full burnout and had to rebuild both my life and myself.

By twenty-five, everything I had learned — the struggles, the lessons, the stories — became my first book.