Sometimes you meet people that you really can relate to. People that have the same values as you have and who want contribute to the society and community that we humans like to call our home.
About a year ago I met a lot of people who talked positive things about an entrepreneur named Harry Van Der Veen who lived in Skellefteå in Northern Sweden. Curious as I am I of course added him on LinkedIn and that was the start of a great friendship between two persons who had never met each other before.
For over a year me and Harry had contact through LinkedIn. We wrote a lot of positive comments and messages to each other, asked about what kind of goals both of us had for the week as well as challenged each other. Harry helped me in several critical situations regarding investments and other challenges that I had connected to entrepreneurship and I tried to do the same for him.
After about one week of writing he sent me a picture that still today makes me smile. The picture consisted of a text that said "Your energy introduces you before you do it yourself" referring to how we had been keeping in contact for over a year and trusting each other even if we had never met in real life.
A couple of months ago, thanks to Mikael Hansson, we finally got to meet for the first time. I still get goosebumps when I think about how it truly felt as if I had known Harry for several years thanks to the support that he gave to me regarding my entrepreneurship.
I will always admire people that do things for other persons without asking anything in return and this truly seemed to be a personality trait that we share. I would like to share one of the most valuable and meaningful meetings that I have ever had. In this blog post you can listen to the first talk that me and Harry had in real life as well as read the article that Mikael Hansson wrote about us.
Article: https://www.uminovainnovation.se/en/nyheter/karma-comes-back/
