What is a startup?

Yesterday, attending the Venture Camp in Milan, a young and brilliant entrepreneur named Umberto Malesci, founder of Fluidmesh, gave the best definition ever of what a startup actually is and what it is not:

In Italy, pretty often, a startup is small business. In the United States is a big company just born.



Think about it when you create the business plan for your new venture.

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  1. Keep on believing these “polls” and allow yourself to be pacified you bobbleheads because you think “your side” is winning.

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    Graduated in Computer Science, I started working with the Internet in 1991. My career started in Telecom Italia in the distance learning systems environment, I completed my experience in Accenture and then in Fininvest. After that I co-founded Wave Group, an IT Management Consulting company with a particular talent in innovative technology services for enterprises.

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