Dear Friends,
We love the story of the lone entrepreneur: the visionary with the big idea, the courage to chase it, and the grit to make it happen against all odds.
But real life rarely works that way.
Behind every success story is a web of people. Someone offered a timely piece of advice. Someone shared hard-earned experience. Someone extended a hand, made an introduction, opened a door, or simply believed in an idea before anyone else did.
Those are the people you’ll meet in this issue.
Mentors who spend their evenings helping high school students shape their first business ideas. Companies that support causes and, after a single day of volunteering, leave behind freshly painted walls, restored community spaces, cleaner parks, and people energized to keep doing good. Communities in the Pleven region connecting small family businesses with travelers from near and far. And teams using technology to make history more vivid and accessible for the next generation.
Each of them is part of the network that helps good ideas travel further.
Because in life, just like in entrepreneurship, no one succeeds alone.
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Teenovator Presents: Three Business Leaders and the Boldest Age for Ideas
Desislava, Marina, and Martina spend their days working with international companies and multimillion-dollar investments. In Teenovator, they invest time and experience in the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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A Team Looking for a Cause: How Volunteering Is Changing the Workplace
More and more companies are discovering that teambuilding can do even more than strengthen teams. With TimeHeroes’ help, employees across Bulgaria roll up their sleeves and volunteer for causes that make a real difference.
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Humanizing History… with Technology. A Conversation with Ludmila Kissiova
The roar of explosions. A woman writing a worried letter to her beloved, fighting on the frontlines. An officer risking his life to save the Bulgarian flag.
In the exhibition The Soldier in Human Uniform, these stories are not just told. They are experienced.
The exhibition was created by the Bulgarian tech company RISK Electronics, a veteran of the IT industry with more than 35 years of history. In this conversation, deputy manager Ludmila Kissiova explains how technology can bring history to life and what it takes to build a business that lasts for decades.
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A Jungle in Pleven? Welcome to The North, Up Close
Few people would put the words jungle and Pleven in the same sentence.
And yet, between Belene and Nikopol, the Danube winds past islands tangled with vines and riverside forests.
In our new series The North, Up Close, each month we’ll take you to a different corner of Northern Bulgaria—meeting the people, places, and stories that rarely make it into the headlines.
We begin in the Pleven region: a Roman city hidden under grass, a water lily farm by the roadside, and a cycling route that links dozens of small stories along the Danube.
Take a closer look at Pleven.
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If You Ask a Lot of Questions, This Program Might Be for You
Curious about the world? Do you enjoy asking questions and telling stories?
The Association of European Journalists–Bulgaria invites high school students (grades 8–11) to apply for sCOOL Media Academy, a program that begins with a summer journalism camp in Gabrovo (July 1–8) and continues with mentorship and hands-on assignments throughout the school year.
Participants will work with professional journalists, learn how to write news stories, interviews, and features, and build their own portfolio of published work.
Apply by March 31.
Learn more: https://scoolmedia.com/scool-media-academy-2026/
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Sending warmest regards,
The America for Bulgaria Foundation team
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