Entrepreneurship and Youth

I recently had the chance to talk as a keynote speaker at an AIESEC event (international student association). 300 students coming from all over the world met in Naples to debate on youth and entrepreneurship. We had the chance to talk about some common myths related to entrepreneurship (in general and in relation to youth…

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IE and entrepreneurship in Italy

Is this a dungeon? Well no! It’s the headquarter of Impact HUB Milan, where we held our last master class. Entrepreneurship is risky, uncertain and exciting. But when you are pushing the limits it is easy to make mistakes or even fail. That´s normal life for entrepreneurs. Yet there is good news too, because mistakes…

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Design thinking in Italy…plus fun!

Last week we held a Master Class in Milan titled “Design Thinking: Combining Design and Strategy in a Corporate and Entrepreneurial setting”. Today there is indeed no dichotomy between thinking and design in multinational corporations as well as in start-ups. The market isn’t asking for choices. It is asking for options. Some companies want only…

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IE supporting new Italian ventures

Thanks to the support of Teresa Serra, Director of marketing area and Professor of Marketing at IE business school, Prof. José Ignacio Gafo and the entire GMBA team on friday 20th september, Nazareno Mario Ciccarello, IMBA 2008 and vice president of the IE Italy alumni club, presented its recently founded company in front of 11…

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LAURA ILLIA WINS THE 2013 BUSINESS SCHOOLS’ RESEARCH PROJECT COMPETITION

Laura Illia, Assistant Professor and Academic Director of the Master in Corporate Communication at IE, won the 2013 Business Schools’ Research project Funding competition launched by UniCredit & Universities Foundation with the research project entitled: “Building a new reputation indicator for UniCredit. Listening methods to close the gap between perception and reality”. The competition is…

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LAW EVENT SERIES IN ITALY: HUGE SUCCESS!

On April 17th, 18th and 19th in Rome, Naples and Milan respectively, IE Law School, in collaboration with Scuola Superiore di Avvocatura, held a three days event around the theme ”La tutela della concorrenza davanti alla Corte Europea” and (only in Milan) also “I contratti alieni”. 40 people participated in Rome 25 in Naples …and…

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