Cost Government Italy 
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Entrepreneurs are driven to pursue their passions no matter the personal costs, societal pressure, family head-scratching or financial consequences. They get to sit in the back benches and holler at those in government about what f**k-wits the leaders are and how their do-nothing policies are ruinous to the people.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 18, 2017
Learning was once considered a cost of doing business. When you’re seen as a cost, you’re seen as part of the problem, not part of the solution. When you can’t prove your value, you’re perceived as a cost. What happens to costs during times of economic anxiety? They get slashed, of course.
ReadWriteStart
DECEMBER 9, 2010
First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, all that costs money, I would like to see a more cost-effective customer acquisition strategy. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally.
The Next Web
JANUARY 24, 2014
These ‘circles of trust’ can be very small (think deep family ties in Italy), or very large (think easy formation of large industrial groups in Northern Europe). As a general rule, the more trust a society has, the lower the cost/friction of transacting with each other. The Netherlands is often described as a ‘high trust society.’
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 9, 2013
Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse. And the solutions to many of the worlds problems will come from the people as much as from governments. And rebellion. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Collaboration.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 25, 2011
I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. They struggle to maintain cost advantages. But then the world changes. It globalizes.
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