Italy

4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Thibaut Scola · said 41 times in 23 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Augusto Marietti (10), Balaji Srinivasan (7), Marc Andreessen (6), Steven Sinofsky (2), Julia Collins (2), Chris Dixon (2), Benedict Evans (2), Thibaut Scola (1)

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2019 12 mentions in 9 episodes 1 per episode
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Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Scola: AgTech Development Is Much Easier in California Than in Europe
“So as a matter of fact, for us, it's much easier to develop our ideas in California, Which has a culture of a young society ready to embrace new technologies compared to the old world like France or Italy or Portugal.”
Thibaut Scola Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:47 a16z Podcast | Data Down on the Farm
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sohoni: Crumbling welfare systems are spurring entrepreneurship in Southern Europe
“The challenges we're seeing across continental Europe you know, with those support systems falling apart is actually engendering a move towards entrepreneurship. So we see that in Portugal. Uni places just has been, you know, has had a great round of funding r…”
Reshma Sohoni Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:51 a16z Podcast | Scaling Ideas and Startups in the U.K. and Europe
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Collins: Southern Italy's 'la cucina povera' promoted longevity and low diabetes
“In this part of Italy, people were not incredibly wealthy, but they lived to be old, and they were healthy, and low incidences of diabetes and obesity, and it was all about just the food system.”
Julia Collins Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 48:43 Comfort Food, Climate, and the Future of Our Plates
Oct 21, 2025
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Augusto Marietti never considered quitting Kong because returning to Italy meant failure
“Never. The reason is, I could Never visualize myself going back to the airport in Italy and my dad picking him up and say, how's it going? And it's just like would fail with my tails and my legs. Like I could never, I would have died here without food. Like I …”
Augusto Marietti Oct 21, 2025 ▶ 35:48 How Kong Was Born: APIs, Hustle, and the Future of AI Infrastructure
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