Values
Why I Write Here: Values Before Ventures
severanilcan.com is where my businesses live. anilcan.de is where my convictions live — the values, thoughts and goals behind everything I build.
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Entrepreneur · Founder of Stark Transporte
AnilcanSever.
I build businesses. This is where I write about what I build them for: peace between religions, lower taxes, young entrepreneurs, and products that help people consume less.
What I write about
Six convictions.
Every essay in this journal comes back to one of these. They are the things I want my name to stand for — long after any single business.
- IValues & PurposeWhat I believe, what I stand for, and the goals I measure my life against.3 essays
- IIPeace Between ReligionsHelping in interreligious situations and keeping the peace between faiths.1 essay
- IIILower Taxes, More BuildersWhy a lighter tax burden lets families, workers and founders keep building.1 essay
- IVYoung EntrepreneursSupporting the next generation of founders — as an entrepreneur, not a spectator.2 essays
- VLess Drug ConsumptionBuilding products that help people consume less and live with more clarity.1 essay
- VIBusinesses I BuildArbitrage, logistics and craft: Stark Transporte, Stark Galabau and what comes next.3 essays
Featured essays
Interfaith · Values
Bridges, Not Walls: Keeping the Peace Between Religions
Faith should be a reason to meet each other, not a reason to fear each other. Why I want to help in interreligious situations — and what that looks like in practice.
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Founders
To the Young Founders: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
You do not need permission, a perfect plan or a rich network to start. You need a real problem, a margin and the stubbornness to keep going. Notes for young entrepreneurs.
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I would rather be known for what I stand for than for what I own.
— Anilcan Sever
Ventures
The businesses I build.
Honest arbitrage, run with discipline. The full business profile lives on severanilcan.com; here I write about why and how.
More from the journal
Young founder? Community builder? Let’s talk.
I make time for young entrepreneurs and for anyone working on peace between religions.