Skatin' on Thin Ice Buildin' Business & Makin' Trouble

11May/100

Touchpoints When Preparing a Release

Ok, so you've written the code. You've tested, retested, run the beta, rewritten and retested again and again. It's as perfect as it's going to get so you're ready for production. Right? Wrong. Let's take yesterday's release over at Passpack for example. It was mostly a bundle of fixes and couple of minor features - nothing milestone. [...]
7May/102

IgniteItalia: Destinazione Silicon Valley

I get tons of phone calls and emails from budding Italian entrepreneurs looking for some tips on their move to Silicon Valley. I love these calls - so keep them coming. In the meantime, here's some of logistical tips (with price tags!) on planning your trip. It's just the tip of the iceberg, but should at [...]
21Mar/100

In Good Company

On March 30 here in Rome, I'll be participating  in a discussion hosted by BAIA on Data Privacy - my favorite topic.  Check out the lineup: Ammiro Partners – Fastweb – Google – Microsoft – Passpack – Sky – Sorgenia That's some pretty good company wouldn't you say? [big grin] The event is celebrating the release of the [...]
15Mar/102

A Pause for Reflection

The past five months I've been up and down Silicon Valley figuring out Passpack's future path. It would have been great (maybe) had I decided to blog during that time, but frankly I just was't up to it. That said, what I've learned has been so incredibly useful that I'm going to share some insights [...]