2006

From Workbench to WiFi Factory, All In TLTR: At 20, built a 4,000 sqm WiFi router factory in Europe with dad. Military, industrial clients valued our secure, made-in-Europe tech. Self-financed €4M, 20-person team, no investors. Pure grit. Long-Version: At 20, my world exploded. What began as a handful of routers on a workbench ballooned into something huge. My father and I constructed a 4,000 square meter production hall dedicated to manufacturing WiFi routers. All made in Europe. Nineteen years ago today, we launched the first European WiFi factory. In a world obsessed with "made in China," few noticed. But some did. Military and industrial clients hungry for security saw the value. They cared. We committed fully. Machines roared to life. SMD lines hummed. Die-casting molds shaped our vision. The complete industrial operation. No investors. No venture capital. Just raw grit, unshakeable belief, and a pile of debt. Four million euros, all self-financed. A team of 20 hustled nonstop. Intense days blended into late nights under constant pressure. Noise, sweat, breakthroughs. We owned a factory. Our tech, built from nothing. That rush was electric. Europe wasn’t ready for quality over cheap. But we pushed anyway. Secure, reliable WiFi for those who demanded it. Looking back, that factory was my proving ground. It taught me resilience, the cost of vision, and the thrill of creation. Still fuels me today. Want to know more about the factory grind or how we tackled that debt?