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Today I am honored to welcome to San Francisco the President of Emilia Romagna Stefano Bonaccini who is arriving with a large business delegation that has a strong focus on agro-tech as well as other industries. Over the course of the delegation's visit for the next ten days, ten Emilia-Romagna start-ups, of which five belonging to the food sector,...

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di Maria Teresa Cometto   Il primo microprocessore al mondo porta la firma di un italiano, Federico Faggin. La porta davvero, in senso letterale: "F.F.", le sue iniziali, sono incise in un angolino di ogni chip Intel 4004, da quando Faggin l'ha inventato nel 1971.   "Quando l'ho finito, mi piaceva la sua vista d'insieme: mi sembrava q...

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Un Tour a fine agosto, altri due in cantiere in autunno. Un work in progress, l'Italiani di Frontiera Silicon Valley Tour 2012, presentato nei giorni scorsi a Milano. Un'avventura per chi sa guardare al domani con fiducia e spirito d'impresa (in alto, il video in anteprima che racconta il Tour 2011). Viste le richieste, abbiamo pensato di effettua...

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(Washington, D.C. – June 22, 2012) Silicon Valley leaders ClearStreet's Kim Polese and CREAGRI Inc.'s Roberto Crea, Ph.D., joined Recology's John A. Legnitto, Snaidero USA'sAnna Paolo Snaidero and authors Aili and Andres McConnon as honorees at the National Italian American Foundation's (NIAF) West Coast Gala on June 21, 2012. The evening began wi...

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If the American Dream has always meant "to make it" on one's own merits, if millions of Italians went to America first for survival and then for success, if the result of the work of our fellow citizens has always been admired in the U.S., the union between Italian entrepreneurs and the United States cannot but constitute an important part of our j...

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When you think of Florence, Italy your firsts thoughts aren't of high tech devices, men in space and the Internet but that could change over the next few years. This beautiful Tuscany city, the birthplace of the Renaissance is now moving into the technology age. The Web Technology Academy is opening in the city center near the statue of David and...

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Quanto conta un'esperienza di studio e tirocinio nella Silicon Valley prima di lanciare la propria start up? In molti casi è il passo decisivo per passare dall'idea all'impresa, come sottolineano i giovani che hanno preso parte al programma bilaterale Italia-Usa Best (Business Exchange and Student Training).   Best seleziona e premia ragazzi...

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by Mauro Battocchi   There is little doubt left: Marco Zappacosta has become the new icon of the new generation of Italians in Silicon Valley. He founded his company, Thumbtack, five years ago at the age of 24. This week the news was broken that the company has received a $100 million investment led by Google Capital.   This follows a...

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Esistono imprenditori italiani che, in vent'anni di Silicon Valley, hanno fatto delle scoperte, hanno trovato nuove vie e si sono spesi per farle conoscere ad altri. Hanno aperto strade e nel frattempo creato aziende che raccolgono milioni di dollari da investitori pronti a dare loro fiducia. Tutto questo non avviene mai per caso, ma è sempre...

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A 4,000 square meters seafront open space with swings, billiards, sofas and citrus trees; the best of tech companies of Silicon Valley would be envious of such an office set among the breath-taking sunset of one of the most beautiful gulfs of Sicily and signature of the best excellence of Italian design: Mosaicoon, the leading Sicilian Tech Company...

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