Tony Katavich

Photo of Tony Katavich who is a retired New Zealand Business Man in Malborough who helps with youth mentoring and business mentoring

Hello,

I help solve complications. I am a business & youth mentor based out of Marlborough, NZ. I aim to make incremental improvements to the world around me.

For the past 5 years my volunteer work has been (and still is)

Youth mentoring

Working with young people to address behavioural complications

IHC volunteer

Business mentoring

Mentor with Business Mentors NZ to help small businesses grow

St John AMBULANCE

Emergency Medical Assistant

Photo of Tony Katavich who is a retired New Zealand Business Man in Malborough who helps with youth mentoring and business mentoring

ABOUT ME

At age 37, I was at a crossroads. The linguistic robotics business I established was superbly profitable, but the accumulation of financial rewards was no longer an incentive, and the day-to-day operations had become an unfulfilling drag. If I kept going, the next acquisition would have been a new aeroplane for the company. But that path often leads to becoming one of those douchebags who upon succeeding in commerce, believe in their infallibility, and eventually pilot the plane into the side of a mountain. So instead, I decided to retire.

This website outlines some of my volunteer work since, and how I applied the lessons learned during the years of running my company, to hopefully make incremental improvements to the world around me.