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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The Journal
Thoughts, values & the work behind them.
Essays on what I believe and what I build — written to be argued with, and to hold myself accountable.
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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Taxes
Lower Taxes, More Builders
Every euro left in the hands of a worker, a family or a small business is a euro that gets reinvested in real life. My case for a lighter tax burden.
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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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Wellbeing · Ventures
Building Products That Help People Consume Less
Most products are designed to make you consume more. I want to build the opposite: products that help people reduce drug consumption and win back clarity.
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Ventures · Founders
Arbitrage, Explained Through Stark Transporte
Arbitrage sounds like a trading term, but it is the backbone of many honest businesses. How I think about it — and how it shapes Stark Transporte.
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Ventures
Stark Galabau: Building Something That Grows
My upcoming venture brings the same operating principles to garden and landscape construction. Why Galabau, why now, and what Stark Galabau will stand for.
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Values
My Goals in Life, Written Down
Goals you keep in your head are wishes. Goals you write down in public are commitments. Here are mine.
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