Italian Enterpreneurship

Posted by Giovanni Intini | Filed under Business, Del.icio.us, Italy

I don’t like writing posts about the things I tag in del.icio.us, but this is an important moment for Italy, and an important signal that something is starting to happen here too.

If you understand Italian you can read the blog post on Infoservi. It basically says that Marco Palombi (former member of the board of the jabber foundation and former Tipic/Splinder CEO) and Michele Appendino (venture capitalist) have decided to form an association to help Italian Enterpreneurs.

This is a breakthrough since Italy has always been 100% old economy, with the notable exception of Splinder, that was acquired by RCS last summer.

I really hope this is just a first step for all the Italians involved with net startups, and I hope Italy will become a viable environment for those businesses.

Permalink | Comments (2) | Mar 14, 2007

2 Responses to “Italian Enterpreneurship”

  1. alberto d'ottavi Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 1:30 pm

    Agree: this is a first step. Or, not exactly the first but an important one. We have some examples (very few, indeed) of italian digital entrepreneurs that gained global success. Buongiorno, e.g.

    Italy has a great tradition of entrepreneurship. But we do not have a common, general culture of the digital business, or innovation, nor we have a “global” mindset. I really hope (but I’m pretty convinced that it is) this move can move the things faster and forward

  2. Giovanni Intini Says:
    March 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Alberto. I don’t really think Italy qualifies for a “great tradition of enterpreneurship”, but apart from that I agree with your analysis. I hope too this is only a first step that can make things go faster.