A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * Across the Gustav Line. How a scholar became a war hero (1943-1945) * A man in between worlds, from his upbringing in Perugia to his travels to his first trip to the US * The long journey to anti-Fascism and republicanism * American in Italy and Italian in America. The creation of the bulletin "The Italian Scene" * The Verrazzano campaign. How the Verrazzano bridge got its name * The Sorbello Foundation. The living legacy of Uguccione Ranieri and his mother Romeyne Robert Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * The 1898 exposition of Turin. The cradle of Italian photography and cinematography * The bicycle workshop of Ceirano, the new trend of "horseless coaches" and the "automobile club" of Caffè Burello * The creation of Italy's first #automobile company (Ceirano GB & Co) in 1898 and the release of Italy's first #car (the "Welleyes") in 1899 * A board of investors acquires Ceirano's patent and business, forming the Turin Factory of Italian Automobiles. The birth of #FIAT on July 11, 1899 * Ceirano's entrepreneurial path and his legacy. The later fame of his former employees: the pilot Felice Nazzaro, the aviation engineer Aristide Faccioli, and car entrepreneur Vincenzo Lancia * How Fiat became Italy's #1 factory of automobiles. The leadership of Giovanni Agnelli Sr. * The road is for those who walk. Entrepreneurship and the audacity to begin. Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * The fathers of great Italian innovators and artists (“like father like son” cases; the influence model; accidental gifts) * The gift of a chicco. Pietro Catelli’s gift to his son Enrico and the deeper meaning of “chicco” * How Chicco became the global leader in childcare products * An integrated approach. Building not the parts but the eco-system of a child’s life. * At the intersection of medicine and fashion, pharmaceutics and design, pediatrics and parenting. A model of innovation which “looks inward to look forward” * Catellli’s toy horse museum. A world of meaning in a toy. The gift of imagination. * A special dedication to my father Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * A lost harvest and the start of an adventure. From #Turin to the world * 1895. The opening of the #Lavazza store * Importing and treating #coffee. The re-invention of coffee as a transformed good * The innovation & art of #blending and the design of #aroma * Packaging and sustainability. From Luigi Lavazza to the company today Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * From #radio pioneer Adriano Cavalieri Ducati to the mass production of radio devices, cameras, projectors, and electrical razors. The early years of Ducati (1926-1944) * The WWII bombing and post-war reconstruction. The end of a #business story (1944-1945) * The unexpected success of Cucciolo and the start of the #motorcycling business (1946-1954) * The visionary #engineer Fabio Taglioni and the making of Ducati’s global success (1954-1989) * Every business is a living #story. How a company transcended the vision of its founders and became legend (1989- ) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The drama of losing a son to war. Italian colonialism and the defeat of Adwa * The extraordinary ascent of a self-made man. From street vending to large-scale retail * The growing economic and political influence of Magazzini Bocconi * The death of Ferdinando’s firstborn Luigi and the idea of a university in his honor * A commercial university. Economy and languages as the focus of a new model of knowledge * Bocconi university as the laboratory of the Italian economic elite in the 20th century Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * Oasi Zegna as a forward-looking #sustainability project and value creator * At the roots of Zegna's success. The Biella valley as the cradle of the Italian wool industry * From sheep to shop. From fabric to style. Zegna's business model from the founder to today * The aesthetic and natural relationship between #fashion, #entrepreneurship & the #environment * Ethical philosophy, social #responsibility, and community. The activities of fondazione Zegna Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * Business as a network of transactions and a world of meaning * Industry as a shared venture. On virtue and #entrepreneurship * From Istria to Abruzzo. From Abruzzo to Canada. Story of an exile immigrant * The impact of philosophical studies on Marchionne's leadership style * The biggest turnaround in the automotive industry. The rescue of Fiat and Chrysler * Cultural imagination as an added (and essential) value for the #manager Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * March 15, 1909. In Rome, W. Wright completes the first ever engine-operated #flight above Italian soil * The birth of Italian #aviation (1909). The Montichiari circuit and the Italian aviation society * The path of an outsider, Gianni Caproni. From Munich & Liege to Milan * From Taliedo to Cascina Malpensa. The birth of military aviation * Blazing a trail in the sky. The humble audacity of flight pioneers. The value of experimentation and failure * Flying is a splendid dream. #Airplanes and cultural imagination (literature, painting, cinema) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The story of #heels. A masculine item turned into a feminine icon * From heels to #stilettos. The "Ferragamo" and the "steel" factor * The story of Casadei. From Romagna and #Rimini to #Hollywood * The architecture and aesthetics of a #stiletto #shoe * Every entrepreneur walks on heels. On stilettos and #entrepreneurship Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The encounter of Carlo Bugatti and Giovanni Segantini at the art academy of Brera * Milan's scapigliati ("disheveled") and the attempt at a new modern Italian art * Bugatti's mastery in #furniture design. The triumph of 1902 in Turin. * Turning objects into art pieces: the impact of a father on his sons Rembrandt and Ettore * From furniture to automobiles. The extraordinary path of Ettore Bugatti * Heritage & Innovation. From liberty style to luxury cars Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The opening of the Suez Canal at the origin of Italian colonialism & the Southern question * The ascent of #Sicily in the 1880s and the Florio #business (tuna, sulfur, navigation, etc) * Ignazio Florio, the national exposition of Palermo (1891-1892), and Sicilian Liberty * Franca Florio. A master of style, fashion, elegance, and influence * The end of the Florio dynasty. Businesses end. True value remains * The necessity of myth making in any entrepreneurial journey Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * How a young manufacturer from Abruzzo won the gold medal of excellence for his pasta at the Columbian exposition of Chicago in 1893 * Pasta diplomacy? The diplomatic stall between Italy and the United States (1891-1893) * The story of Filippo De Cecco. From milling wheat to #pasta making * An innovative change. The method for drying pasta indoors at low temperature * The elements of De Cecco's success recipe: quality of wheat, spring water, bronze drawing * Wholesomeness and territoriality. Innovating is staying true to one's origins * A story of setbacks and comebacks. The company from 1886 to the present Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD * How it all started. From a meal in 1952 to the Pininfarina-Ferrari partnership. * Battista "Pinin" Farina: the art of coach making, the Futurist influence, & the choice of the #automobile as the ultimate symbol of modernity * Sergio Pininfarina: moving the father's legacy forward, the design of #elegance as synthesis of beauty and performance * From car designer to a global #design & #architecture firm. Pininfarina as a key Italian trademark Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * A lively approach to #creativity. Humanistic studies and practical training * A Roman family story. From Delia's Roman atelier to Laura's company * The 1972 fashion show at Palazzo Pitti and the evolution of Biagiotti's style * Laura's extraordinary missions to Beijing and Moscow. #Fashion and cultural diplomacy * On #motherhood and #entrepreneurship. Laura and her daughter Lavinia * A complex fashion brand, connecting to archaeology, painting, theatre, and sport Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD. * The myth of #Vespa. From #cinema to popular #culture * The story of Piaggio. From #airplanes to #scooters * How the Vespa came about. And the Lambretta too. * The Italian invention of the #helicopter Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!