Author: Maria Teresa Cometto

  • Coronavirus: what startups will emerge from the crisis?

    Is the coronavirus economic crisis similar to those triggered by the terrorist attack of 9/11 and the financial collapse 2008?If true, it should inspire us a pinch of optimism: from those crises new ideas emerged, startups that became a great success, because they responded to real needs and had to focus their resources well in…

  • Coronavirus: quali startup emergeranno dalla crisi?

    La crisi economica da coronavirus e’ simile a quelle scatenate dall’attacco terroristico dell’11 settembre 2001 e dal crollo finanziario 2008?Fosse vero, dovrebbe ispirarci un pizzico di ottimismo: da quelle crisi sono emerse idee nuove, startup diventate poi un grande successo, perché hanno risposto a bisogni veri e hanno dovuto focalizzando bene le loro risorse in…

  • It’s Made in NYC a new low-cost ventilator

    Manufacturing is alive in NYC, it’s smart and helping fight Covid-19.A new type of low-cost ventilator – priced at $3,300 vs standard ventilators, which typically cost more than $30,000 – has been developed in only one month thanks to two New York based entrepreneurs: Scott Cohen, co-founder of the technology center New Lab, which is…

  • From Brooklyn to the world, Fluidmesh acquired by Cisco

    Its worldwide headquarters are in Brooklyn, New York and its heart is in Italy: Fluidmesh – that was founded in 2005 by four Italian engineers, the brothers Umberto and Cosimo Malesci with their friends Torquato Bertani and Andrea Orioli – is being acquired by US tech giant Cisco.“Our goal was to reliably deliver fiber-like performance…

  • Cuebiq, based in NYC & created by Italians, helps fight coronavirus

    Data are so important to understand and fight coronavirus. The NYC based startup Cuebiq is helping thanks to its “COVID-19 Mobility Insights“: “We understand this is a tough time for businesses as well as consumers. As part of our commitment to sharing data for the greater good, Cuebiq is providing free access to mobility and…

  • Amazon.com expands in Staten Island

    Did you know that Amazon.com is Staten Island’s largest private sector employer? Since 2017 Jeff Bezos’s company operates a $100 million, 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center that employs a 4,500 full-time workforce. Now Amazon.com has leased a second warehouse in the borough for distribution purposes. The new 450,000-square-foot building will be on Staten Island’s West Shore in…

  • “People 4 Growth”: da New York una spinta all’Italia

    Dalle startup italiane che hanno partecipato al Global startup program – e in particolare da quelle che hanno fatto il training a New York e intendono svilupparsi in America – e’ nata l’associazione “People 4 Growth“. Lo racconta Glauco Maggi su Libero: “l’obiettivo e’ ambizioso e punta a creare un circuito operativo organico che colleghi le…

  • 7 Italian startups graduated in NYC with full marks

    Congrats to the Italian startups Avatr, Caracol, Criptalia, Cydera, Doralia , GardenStuff concluding 3 month training at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator led by Murat Aktihanoglu and Iynna Halilou with #GlobalStartupProgram launched by Michele Geraci at Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, and managed in NYC by ITAtradeagency. They are ready to grow business in America with support by…

  • Will NYC become a hub for the biotech industry?

    “State and city officials, along with business leaders, have for years pushed to take advantage of the expertise at hospitals and universities in the area and diversify the local economy with biotech.”, write the Wall Street Journal today. “Yet efforts have faced barriers including scarce, costly real estate and a laboratory’s specialized ventilation and other…

  • L’Erasmus delle startup promosso a New York

    Le startup italiane crescono a NewYork. Migliora la loro qualità: idee, business plan, atteggiamento. Lo dimostra l’esperienza delle sette startup che da luglio si stanno “allenando” all’ERA, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator di New York. Partecipano al Global Startup Program, creato mesi fa dal Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico italiano e dall’agenzia Italtrade:  il sottosegretario Michele Geraci, presentandolo…