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As Italian, when I read something involving Agnellis willing to do something for Italy, I am a bit scared about taxpayers money, like Fiat has always got tax di

As Italian, when I read something involving Agnellis willing to do something for Italy, I am a bit scared about taxpayers money, like Fiat has always got tax discounts and subsidies and as a thank you has closed factories, and fired people, can we just keep the people related to Agnellis in the Silicon Valley?

santiagobasulto 5y ago
Off topic! I just moved to Italy, living in Torino now. How's the startup ecosystem in Italy? I've seen some interesting Blockchain-related groups at the Politecnico, but not much after that.
- lnxg33k1 5y ago
  I live in the Netherlands :D but am from Naples originally so I know little about Turin :'( sovvy
- mattrighetti 5y ago
  You could checkout the polihub incubator/accelerator in Milan, most of the startup they fund are hardware/mechanics related.
- brthsim 5y ago
- mat_jack1 5y ago
  check this coworking space: https://toolboxcoworking.com/ https://toolboxcoworking.com/ there are several tech meetups of nice people and it's also hosting the local fablab: https://fablabtorino.org/ https://fablabtorino.org/ after covid there are less meetups, but I'm sure it's going to pick up again
- kwere 5y ago
  there is something around universities and in Milano,Rome. Its really small scale, low pay, very high risk. I believe engineering/product based startup are more fit for the italian market and offer more exit options, mostly M&A. In Turin there is I3P [www.i3p.it], a serious incubator managed by the Torino Politechnich
albybisy 5y ago
this is what i think as well. When there is Agnelli family involved is just for have something from the state in some way or another. But we'll see. I hope to be wrong.
baybal2 5y ago
gw67 5y ago
It's just a stereotype, come on!
- lnxg33k1 5y ago
  https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+lays+off https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+lays+off https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+subsidies https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+subsidies I don't think so, if I am honest when I was young the few things I remember hearing continuosly from news was fiat laying off and fiat getting money
  - gw67 5y ago
    Yeah, but isn't related to this initiative. You are referring to something happened in the past for another company. It doesn't make sense.
    - lnxg33k1 5y ago
      In Naples we say you can put all the rum you want a turd can’t become a baba (pastry).. so they can rename it but its always the same dna I guess? We will see ^^
riffraff 5y ago
FIAT is not EXOR, a ton of EXOR initiatives came and went (remember Ciaoweb?) without government intervention. The issue with car manufacturing is that it employees a fuckton of people, so it becomes political. Also, if there is a person who can run this thing well is mr. Piacentini, so I would not be too negative.

santiagobasulto 5y ago

Off topic! I just moved to Italy, living in Torino now. How's the startup ecosystem in Italy? I've seen some interesting Blockchain-related groups at the Politecnico, but not much after that.

lnxg33k1 5y ago
I live in the Netherlands :D but am from Naples originally so I know little about Turin :'( sovvy
mattrighetti 5y ago
You could checkout the polihub incubator/accelerator in Milan, most of the startup they fund are hardware/mechanics related.
brthsim 5y ago
mat_jack1 5y ago
check this coworking space: https://toolboxcoworking.com/ https://toolboxcoworking.com/ there are several tech meetups of nice people and it's also hosting the local fablab: https://fablabtorino.org/ https://fablabtorino.org/ after covid there are less meetups, but I'm sure it's going to pick up again
kwere 5y ago
there is something around universities and in Milano,Rome. Its really small scale, low pay, very high risk. I believe engineering/product based startup are more fit for the italian market and offer more exit options, mostly M&A. In Turin there is I3P [www.i3p.it], a serious incubator managed by the Torino Politechnich

albybisy 5y ago

this is what i think as well. When there is Agnelli family involved is just for have something from the state in some way or another. But we'll see. I hope to be wrong.

baybal2 5y ago

gw67 5y ago

It's just a stereotype, come on!

lnxg33k1 5y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+lays+off https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+lays+off https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+subsidies https://www.google.com/search?q=fiat+subsidies I don't think so, if I am honest when I was young the few things I remember hearing continuosly from news was fiat laying off and fiat getting money
- gw67 5y ago
  Yeah, but isn't related to this initiative. You are referring to something happened in the past for another company. It doesn't make sense.
  - lnxg33k1 5y ago
    In Naples we say you can put all the rum you want a turd can’t become a baba (pastry).. so they can rename it but its always the same dna I guess? We will see ^^

riffraff 5y ago

FIAT is not EXOR, a ton of EXOR initiatives came and went (remember Ciaoweb?) without government intervention. The issue with car manufacturing is that it employees a fuckton of people, so it becomes political. Also, if there is a person who can run this thing well is mr. Piacentini, so I would not be too negative.