Modena-Based Neuronguard Wins the Intel Business Challenge for Internet of Things Hardware
by Mauro Battocchi Neuronguard, the transformational Italian startup company that works to prevent Acute Brain Damage, won the Intel Business Challenge in the category "Internet of Things Hardware". As many readers know, the Internet of Things is a rapidly expanding new area of high technology that has both fierce competition and huge gree...
Food Network Star Giada De Laurentiis and Frangelico® Team Up to Bring Italian-Inspired Cocktails and Cuisine to the At-Home Entertainer
Italian drinking culture is having a renaissance. From the Aperol® Spritz to the Campari®-based Negroni, Italian liqueurs hailing from as far north as Venice and as far south as Sicily are having their moment. Today, Italy's hidden gem from the Piedmont region joins the ranks, as Frangelico®, the original Italian hazelnut liqueur, announces an exci...
Single father whose wife died in his arms reveals how he overcame his grief to raise their 19-month daughter alone... but it almost cost him his home and career
by Caroline Garnar A single father has revealed how he nearly lost everything after his wife died in his arms leaving him to look after their young daughter alone. Daniele Bolelli's, 41, who was born in Milan but lives in California, described how his career took a financially-damaging nose dive and he had to fight to keep his house...
Alfa Romeo and Lamborghini shine at 2014 Concorso italiano
By Giovanni Corbelletta If you love Italian cars, then the place to be was the Concorso Italiano, the annual all-Italian car show that has become one of the main events of the Monterey Car Week. This year saw a new location for the event at the Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside California. With the Monterey Bay in the background, the new...
Realtor Enzo Ricciardelli will help you find your dream house in L.A.
By Valerio Viale As Carlo Levi himself declared, in reference to the origins of his well-known memoir's title, Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945): "The title of the book comes from an expression by the people of 'Gagliano' who say of themselves, 'Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli' which means, in effect, that they feel they have been bypa...
BAIA Dinner: Meet Three Owners of Self-Funded Businesses
The third BAIA Dinner #3: All about Self-Funded Businesses will take place in San Francisco on Tuesday January 22nd, at 7:00 pm. We often hear about large amounts of investment capital that enable a business to take off and become profitable. This is however just one scenario: sometimes entrepreneurs found and grow a business without that kind of...
Think Italian! Events Brings LA’s Top Chefs into Your Home
By Valerio Viale Listening to Elisabetta Ciardullo's first experience in the US, I couldn't help thinking about the fictional nanny Mary Poppins. Just as the British babysitter, to solve the situation, pulls magical gadgets from her purse, the Italian event planner and personal chef, armed with an endless optimism and with a past as "au pair,...
Italy’s Octo Telematics Acquired for $555 Million
By Mauro Battocchi Octo Telematics is in the insurance telematics business. Their product, called Clearboxes, collect driver usage statistics that greatly help insurance companies decide how risky a driver is. These Clearboxes are also pioneering the collection of data such as speed, braking/accelerating and cornering style, which will ev...
Start-up in Silicon Valley: chi sostiene le idee italiane
di Mauro Battocchi In un ambiente super-competitivo come la Silicon Valley, in cui si aggirano decine di migliaia di giovani imprenditori di tutte le nazionalità, come fare a farsi notare e prendere sul serio? A parità di tecnologia, conta il saper comunicare alla californiana. Ma conta anche avere entrature con "insider" cioè protagonisti del mer...
Marco Bicego personal appearance at Bloomingdale's San Francisco
May 9, 2015, Saturday 2:00 PM - 5:00 PMWilliams-Sonoma - 340 Post Street - San Francisco, California 94108 Please join Bloomingdale's San Francisco in welcoming Marco Bicego, Italian jewelry designer as he presents his latest collections. Since the launch of his eponymous jewelry line in 2000, Marco Bicego has redefined the...
Startup: Italia e USA a confronto
di Alberto Onetti Oggi anche in Italia si parla tantissimo di startup. E soprattutto si fanno spesso paragoni con gli Stati Uniti e la Silicon Valley. Difficile dire quanto ancora siamo distanti (credo ancora tanto). Però è possibile tracciare alcune prime linee di confronto. L'occasione ci viene data dal rapporto sull'ecosis...
Massimo Maresca joins Consulate bringing Italy and California’s Science and Technology Closer
by Mauro Battocchi I'm delighted to announce that prof. Massimo Maresca has just joined us at the Consulate as the head of the Science and Technology Office. He is now the liaison officer between the Consulate and the world of research, not only here in the Bay Area, but in the whole the West of the US. Dr. Maresca took a leave fr...