May 2012
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Love makes me do great things
What is the thing that inspires you? What value, person or place is your motivation to work, live and feel happy everyday?
Yesterday a friend of mine told me: “It’s love that makes me do great things”. So true: love is a powerful engine…
Love is something you don’t think about when things with your girlfriend or family are ok. But what if something starts going...
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A meeting with Alberto Tretti from Glancee: what I...
Passion is everything.
Look at Alberto, look at his eyes: you will understand why and how startups succeed. Alberto and the Glancee team strongly believe in their product. They believe that Glancee can change the way people meet and interact with each other. They have been spending their life working on Glancee because their app is not only a product for them: it’s a set of values, a dream,...
April 2012
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A startup is a team, not an idea.
It seems to be the mantra of all the startuppers: a VC invests on your team, not on your idea. How many startups are working on the same idea? A lot. How many of them will succeed? Only a few. Execution is the key to success. This is why your team is the most important thing you have to invest on.
A perfect team must include: 1) a business guy too many startups fail because they don’t know...
March 2012
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“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”
– Michael Jordan
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5 lessons in 1 week
One week has gone since I left my job to become an entrepreneur. These are the 5 lessons I’ve learned during the week:
1) Work hard, but remember eating 2) Try to be honest with others 3) Try to be honest with yourself 4) Stop hiding and exit the stealth mode 5) Take time to build your team
Enjoy the presentation :)
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A life that matters
I left my job to become an entrepreneur. A lot of friends told me “you’re crazy”, but many others would have liked to be as crazy as me. I think that, if we want to live a life that matters, we have to believe in something and take risks every day. And this is what I did.
April 2010
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“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein (1879-1955)