I’m Christine, Founder of Biosofa.com and and entrepreneur day and night really. EO is my tribe, and I took on some responsibility in leading our chapter over the years. So when EO global approached me and asked if I could help setting up a six day exploration program of Italy, I was all for it. And then bang, I found myself in the driving seat organizing an event for 120 top entrepreneurs coming from all over the world.
It was a wild ride, quite literally. We started out in the super exclusive Florence rowing club under Ponte Vecchio, who held a boat race, just for us.
My team “White” celebrated a well deserved victory in the wonderful gardens of the club. I even got a medal which was my first proud sporting achievement since i was ten.
And on we went, exploring the top crafts of Florence, a centuries old silk weavery, engravers, mosaic makers, and other spectacular entreprises by day. We got to talk to founders, makers and craftsmen and showed our guests in depth what italian quality really is all about.
And at night, we went out and had fun. In the city with its gourmet restaurants. But also in the Chianti countryside where we dined in the spectacular castle of Verrazzano and had the privilege to drink the local wine with the wonderful owner.
It was incredible spending time with so many entrepreneurs from all over, hearing their stories and making new connections all over the world. It was also a real learning journey as one of the leaders of the program. I am not an event planner, and EO gave me the opportunity to fast forward to being at the centre of decision taking for this journey and to stand up and take responsibility for it.
If I take away one thing, it is this: Eo gives access to where nobody else can go, we always have fun, and – opera singing is best enjoyed while sitting with a glass of wine overlooking the tuscan hills.
Christine Sintermann