Thessaloniki, Greece
Chrysanthos
Fountas
I run a neighbourhood store and coffee bar, and I build the systems behind it — from stock and staffing to the AI that does the work nobody wants to do twice.
01 What I do
Operate
Daily running of a small-format store and coffee bar: purchasing, supplier negotiation, stock discipline, shift scheduling for a team of eight, and the unglamorous arithmetic that decides whether a week made money.
Build
I turn repetitive work into software. Ordering that reads the till, schedules that match real footfall, price checks that run themselves, and reporting that arrives before I ask for it.
Ship
AI-run businesses end to end — brand, site, product, distribution — taken from an idea to something with users and a payment path, rather than a deck.
02 Ventures
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Retail store & coffee bar — Thessaloniki
Owner-operator. A compact store plus coffee bar serving a local, largely Greek-speaking customer base, with a team of about eight. Responsible for assortment, supplier terms, margins, staffing and the day-to-day.
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AI operations & automation
Designing and running agent-operated workflows for the businesses: sales analysis, supplier ordering, shift planning, price monitoring, and content production. The point is not novelty — it is fewer hours spent on work a machine can hold.
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Digital products & e-commerce
Building and selling digital goods and physical product lines through owned storefronts, with paid acquisition kept deliberately small until the unit economics are proven.
03 How I work
Measure, then move
Every change is tied to a number — margin, hours saved, cost per order. If it cannot be measured, it is a hobby.
Small surface area
Fewer suppliers, fewer tools, fewer promises. Complexity is a cost paid monthly.
Automate the repeat
If a task happens weekly and looks the same, it should not need a person.
Keep the receipts
Decisions get written down with the numbers behind them, so the next decision starts from evidence.
04 Contact
Open to conversations about retail operations, automation, and ventures where operational discipline is the missing ingredient.
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