Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they are never weakness. Brene Brown vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty noun the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. I don’t like many things about Uber culture and certainly deleted …Read More
Building the perfect entrepreneur part II. Born or made?
I wrote some thoughts about entrepreneurship a couple of weeks ago and the whole idea or exercise was: which key skills would I choose to “build” the perfect entrepreneur. I was glad (and surprised) to see how many people reacted, shared their opinions and wrote me privately with their views, ideas, suggestions, and questions. I …Read More
Building the “perfect entrepreneur”.
I started and co-founded different companies from scratch. Some of these companies were great experiences and successful exits, while others were not successful at all. Even though we lost time and money, we learned some valuable (and expensive) lessons. When I was lucky enough to have a couple of exits and some liquidity, I …Read More
The Face of Digital. The book
Today, after a couple of years of fascinating conversations with industry leaders and research, we are launching our book “The face of digital.” I have the pleasure to co-authored this book with my good friend Jay Weintraub, and our original idea was trying to understand how the massive and global live events industry could (and …Read More
The case for corporate venture capital
…and how big corporations can engage in innovation through partnership with start–ups. I have experience dealing with corporate venture capital (CVC) from one side or other of the table (being an entrepreneur who received CVC investment in my company and later on as a co-investor and partner with CVC) for more than 20 years. I’ve …Read More