I'm coming back from TechGarage initiative and I really want to congratulate the LUISS University and Dpixel on how they organized the event. TechGarage tries to setup a stimulating environment where startups can meet with potential investors or even entrepreneurs can exchange their ideas and considerations on the markets.
Btw the big problem is alway the same...italian visionary entrepreneurs! where do they are??
We cannot celebrate things like "Jobrapido", "Downlovers" or similars. And, sure, we cannot invest money and hopes on a "mind" following a future where to be at Hawaii knowing a PC is doing the work for him!
Fiuuuuuuuuuu! A little bit of autogenic training, please! :-)
I am fed up with that situation! Me and Gianfranco got enough bored to leave the event as soon as all the pitches were done. We respect the hard work behind each business proposition...we know how many efforts were done... but we must be concrete and report that we can't go to war with such soldiers and such weapons.
While here in Italy we live this desperate situation, today, some of the best italian businessmen like Fabrizio Capobianco (one of the few visionary italian entrepreneurs able to jump the italian VC's ditch), Federico Faggin (the father of the Microchip), Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza (one of the best geneticists) and Giacomo Marini (Logitech co-founder now leading Noventi) are going for a meeting with the Italian Ambassador to the US, Giovanni Castellaneta. They will present their own ideas and suggestions for moving towards the big dream of an Italian Silicon Valley working ecosystem. I think we are in good hands!..and I absolutely recall you all that these are the kind of minds we italians should celebrate! ;-)
So as I wrote sometime ago only "strong men do strong business"...I know a lot of extremely talent guys are now working on amazing business ideas and research topics here in Italy. We must make them get out..
