Alberto and Simone have organized a study & business tour for a group of Italian entrepreneurs to San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The group will stop by for lectures at U.C. Berkeley and Stanford. They will be hosted by the Italian Consulate General in San Francisco and they will have meetings at City Hall. Other stops feature the Culinary Institute of America, LinkedIn, Plug&Play, Skydeck, Google, Idean… etc etc
Alberto and Simone codeveloped this initiative with the young entrepreneurs of Confindustria Toscana, as a sort of continuation of the lecture series “Change Agents”, which was an interesting experiment. “The idea was to mix theory and practice, to provoke new thinking and allow these young entrepreneurs to become actors of innovation and new investment within their companies”, says Alberto. “I was very happy to read Giacomo Gellini’s interview on La Nazione, as he truly represented with his words the spirit of what I am trying to do with companies, in my executive education programs”.

The campaign to look for the Italian Dreamteam (i.e. the 10 entrepreneurial teams that will challenge their European colleagues during Round 2), has officially started. Teams will have the opportunity to submit their application online till February the 22nd.

Today, in La Repubblica we feature the story of Giuseppe and Marco Colonna Romano, from Slide, pioneering their own way through the traditional industry of furniture.

Theory meets practice, and young talents from many walks of life meet for the 7th Assemblea Generale of RENA. Rena is a national network of professionals: public and private managers, consultants, journalists and (yes…) researchers. Affiliates share a common drive to make a difference acting as positive actors of change, leading by example, with honesty and transparency.

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..One of the best business plan competitions worldwide, worldclass mentorship, expert advice, the chance to enter Silicon Valley from the front door. Applications (only an…

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After a long history of component of technical shoes supplier, Vibram created in 2005 FiveFingers, launghing the barefoot running trend. A component supplier has 2…

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According to Geffrey Moore “Death Valley” theory, every hi-tech startup must, at a certain time of its life, go across a period in which greatest…

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The Istituto di Management – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna has contributed to two books presented in the course of the morning event of the International Open…

On May 12th, I have taken part to the Digital Economy Forum in Venice I moderated a panel on e-commerce, starting from questions I was…

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Through the generous support of various partners, and after the success of the event organize last year in Florence… on November 16th 2009 we inaugurated…

On November the 20th 2008, entrepreneurs managers, banks and universities discussed together with enthusiasm about the power of entrepreneurship to create value for our economy….