#41 - Filippo Piatti: From Academia to Action

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Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Filippo Piatti, CEO and Co-Founder of ARTINESS. Filippo shares his story of transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship. Giovanni and Filippo discuss the PhD experience, academic theory vs practical entrepreneurship, leadership and building teams, fundraising, accelerators, running and water polo, and more.

You can learn more about ARTINESS and their AI-powered augmented reality technology at www.artinessreality.com

This episode is sponsored by Prolucid, a software commercialization company based out of Toronto, Canada. To learn more about Prolucid and the services they offer visit www.prolucid.ca

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:48 Running
• 21:34 Nature, Geography, and Border Culture
• 28:15 Italian Business Culture
• 49:07 Who is Filippo Piatti?
• 1:02:30 Cultural Norms and Generational Shifts
• 1:24:50 Water Polo
• 1:33:14 The PhD Experience
• 1:39:30 ARTINESS
• 1:56:40 Leadership and Fundraising
• 2:11:21 MedTech Innovator
• 2:24:33 Prolucid