Venture Worlds

Venture Worlds is on a mission to discover unpopular ideas from Humanizers that can shift your perspective and reveal a better way to build the world. Why subscribe? Pursuing knowledge will liberate your mind and give you the power to write your script. In this podcast series, we will venture into the connected worlds of business, politics, and culture and reveal the unpopular ideas that Humanizers share. By investing your time to listen and learn, you will learn what it takes to become unhackable. In each episode, you will walk away with the answer to one question: What important truth do very few people agree with you on? Created and hosted by Igli Gezim Laçi

Today is a special episode. It's November 30th, and this marks my father's birthday. This important day started a cascade of life events to shape the world that my mom, sister, and I continue to experience. It brings a flood of beautiful memories followed by sorrow because they are now memories of a beautiful past that reside in our thoughts and actions. Every year, I take a moment to share principles, traditions, and stories that my father passed down. It continues a tradition that he would hold dear to his heart. Today this episode is in honor of my dad, who was a storyteller by heart and soul and had this ability to capture truth from experiences and express values that you would feel deep at your core.

Valentina Juncaj is the CEO and Founder of Vajzë, where she designs art that embodies the powerful qualities of women. In our conversation, we explore how the Albanian culture impacted her to build her company and the challenges she had to overcome to create and bring to life an idea! She is truly a master in her craft! As an Albanian-American entrepreneur, Valentina has bridged the world of fashion and culture to express the strength, beauty, and resilience of women.

Victor Vescovo is the founder of Caladan Oceanic, a company on a mission to advance undersea technology and support scientific expeditions that unveil the mysteries of the oceans, which cover more than 70% of the Earth. Our conversation explores his more than 20 years of service as an Intelligence Officer in the US Navy, his business experience transforming companies with his firm Insight Equity, and his record-breaking expeditions as an exceptional explorer. He understands that fear is a mind-killer and uses it as a source of energy to learn from and overcome obstacles to ultimately become the first human in history to climb all seven of the world's continents highest summits, ski over 100 kilometers to both the North and South Poles, and more recently descend to the deepest points of all the Earth's oceans. Victor leverages his powerful sense of curiosity that was shaped in his youth, his unworldly skillset of persistence molded by years of success in the military, business, and dangerous expeditions, and his relentless drive to surpass human boundaries to ultimately leave a positive impact on humanity.

Ilir Sela is the founder and CEO of Slice, and is on a mission to empower local pizzerias with the power and benefits of digitization. Our conversation begins with his origin story, the inception of Slice, the benefits of creating a global team, and the future of accelerating independent Pizzerias to realize their full potential. As an Albanian-American empowered by the power of entrepreneurship, he wants to remove the barriers of operating a business and incentivize entrepreneurs to bring to life their craft and passion for pizza!

Sheyda Do'a is a talented musician, vocalist, pianist, guitarist, singer-song writer, and mathematician who believes our common human values are our strengths. Our conversation begins with Sheyda's origin story of being raised in Albania, the evolution of her life through music, and her pursuit of seeking truth. From listening to our conversation, you will instantly be amazed by how she builds a global recipe of life experiences with a mission to unite humans through her music and multi-cultural heritage.

Sofije Kusari is a humanitarian who with untiring work realized her mission to fight and help settle in North Texas hundreds of refugees escaping genocide in Kosova. In 1985, she fled Kosova to escape the systematic oppression because of her Albanian nationality, and while building a life for her family in the U.S., she decided to dedicate her life to serve refugees and communities in need. Our conversation begins with Sofije's upbringing, her experiences during a time of oppression, her period of life where she dedicated to helping refugees escaping genocide, and her reflections of life lessons after seeing the best and worst of human beings. From listening to our conversation, you will instantly be transported and experience a life of rich culture, sacrifice, and giving. You will listen to a story that will reflect what it means to be a strong and independent woman and leader that puts her heart on the line in order to help others build a peaceful and fruitful life.

Anxhela Bruci is the founder of Empowerfull, an organization designed to empower survivors of human trafficking to become financially independent and build a flourishing life for themselves and their families. Our conversation begins with Anxhela's story and personal experience with elements of modern slavery, her path to building a foundation in Albania, and her views on the human values that are critical to building a better world. From listening to our conversation, you will instantly hear and feel the passion she has in her mission to create an environment that fosters engagement, empowerment, and inclusion.

Ori Hoxha is the founder and General Manager of betaPlan, the first provider of Silicon Valley status coding bootcamps in Albania. Our conversation covers Ori's background, experience living in two worlds, his path to building a tech foundation in Albania, and his views on what human values will help shape the future. He personally leads a life with a mission to improve the lives of fellow humans through the power of education and technology.

Human beings are transcending their limits, and for the first time, history has a potential author. So now, we are faced with choices. What world do we want to design? What humanist values will guide us? In this original podcast series hosted by Bora Laçi and Igli Laçi, we venture into the worlds of humanizers that envision the way the world could work versus the way it does now. It's simple, we really want to see and understand the world from your eyes. Each of us has the ability to become pioneers who are focused on one mission: humanizing the world with our talents! This is Venture Worlds.