meeting in Poland

1. Lampriana Karpi
and
Maria Diamantopoulou

2. L .) I own an Italian restaurant and a cafeteria
in the city center.

3. M.) I am owner of a furniture store.

4. L.)It was my interest in the art of making
Italian pizza that lead me to open my first
restaurant. Over time, I developed my
entrepreneurship in the coffee area.

5. M.) I chose to deal with this, because I wanted
to continue and expand the family business.

6. L.) Definitely knowledge on preparing pizza!
Also, love for what you want to do.

7. M.) You need to have knowledge in
organization, communication, marketing and
economics.

8. L.) There are about 70 people working as
barmen, dj’s, waiters, cooks, delivery
services and cleaners.

9. M.)There are 6 people employed in our
business, in sales and transport.

10. L.) Certainly it is a quite profitable business. I like
to offer good food and quality entertainment to
my customers. But the working hours are long
and there is uncertainty about it’s future course.
M.) The advantages are the contact with people
and the fact that buying furniture beautify your
personal space and refreshes your mood. I like
the sense of creating and the contact with
companies in Greece and abroad. I consider as
drawback large furniture chain stores that offer
very low prices.

11. L.) Of course it has! I have even thought of
leaving Greece and finding a job abroad.
Nevertheless, my family and me decided to
stay and try more. I believe a lot in hard
work and I have managed to cope with this
problems.
M.)Definitely it has. The furniture market is
not essential for most of Greek families.
Although the difficulties are great, I have
learned not easily give up and fight.