Archimede Mulas, Founding Partner at Collective Equity in Switzerland and the United Kingdom, Campus des Nations, 2013
Archimede Mulas
Campus des Nations, 2013
Founding Partner at Collective Equity, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Find out more about me:
- [email protected]
- Insta: @archi_m
Today, I live between London and Geneva, working for a startup I co-founded back in 2019, Collective Equity. It is an intense life, full of ups and downs, but full of hope because you never know what will happen tomorrow, but knowing that if you don't put in the effort, nothing will come to you.
I spent 5 years at Campus des Nations and will admit it is hard to pinpoint one specific memory as being my favourite. However, there were a few episodes that have marked me and I cherish them almost daily. This includes the memory of being in class with one of our teachers, Mr Aston, and him telling the class to meet us after lunch for the start of our presentations at a very specific time (i.e. 14:17), or him clapping at our presentations with irregular claps, which would make the whole class laugh. Also, during our IB years, our long lunches in the cantine with the whole group of friends making jokes about how miserable exams are and dreaming about what the future would withhold, always with a big smile on our faces, which would be enough to fuel our afternoons and nights of revising. Essentially, my favourite Ecolint memories are those when I was surrounded by friends or teachers who just like me, were out of the ordinary.
Ecolint taught me how to be a lifelong learner and to be open-minded to ideas and opportunities. These are not banal traits, and they cannot be taught in a classroom. However, Ecolint was able to teach them through practice by always proving that there is more to learn and more out there. To be a learner means that you never accept one thing as a truth and that if you don't know something you are curious enough to want to explore and find out. To be open-minded means that you will open more doors than an average person and will listen to more realities and truths. Behind each door there is a world to explore, and only by firstly understanding that the door is there, and then opening it, can you cherish more from this life we have.
It is still too soon to say what I would have done differently as I am very happy with where I am now and think that there is still a lot to do ahead of me. However, if I had to focus on my time at Ecolint specifically, I would say that I would probably try to make the most of the extracurricular activities (which luckily I did), but I would have told myself to maybe just pick one and focus more on it.
My words of wisdom for Ecolint students: When I was applying for jobs while at university, I came across the values of a company I really liked. One of their values was (and I'm paraphrasing) "If you do something, do it well, so you don’t have to do it again." These are words that I hold dear because they resonate with three key pillars in my life: time, relationships, and work.
Do not waste time, it is the only resource we have that we cannot buy back. The only true investment we make in life is how we invest our time.
Take care of your loved ones and your relationships. Your network will always be your first point of support, and be mindful that they also have their time to care about.
Respect your work and the work of others. Take care when doing your job, because the results will affect whether someone can trust you or not.
What legacy do you want to leave? Simply, I want to build new bridges for the next generation and for the one of today.