{"id":18212,"date":"2019-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbs.unibo.it\/the-potential-of-venture-capital-according-to-andrew-romans\/"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T14:25:17","slug":"the-potential-of-venture-capital-according-to-andrew-romans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbs.unibo.it\/en\/the-potential-of-venture-capital-according-to-andrew-romans\/","title":{"rendered":"The potential of venture capital according to Andrew Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andrew Romans<\/strong>, CEO &amp; General Partner of 7BC.VC, was the guest of the last Innovation Talks &#8211; Fall Edition 2019. <!--more--><em>&#8220;In Italian Venture Capital is translated as &#8216;risk capital&#8217; when in reality, the risk is minimal compared to to many other sectors&#8221;<\/em> said the Californian entrepreneur who shares with the Community BBS the potentiality of investments in technologic startups with Artificial Intelligence, Fintech and Blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>According to Romans, the significant handicap of the Italian entrepreneurial world is linked to excessive prudence, which puts a spoke in the wheel of the increasingly necessary push towards innovation: &#8220;Let&#8217;s take food companies as an example: are they technological companies? For the challenges imposed from the global market yes, but for you Italians absolutely not &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>An anachronistic approach according to Romans and which threatens to paralyze market growth due to excessive <strong>self-imposed barriers<\/strong>. <em>&#8220;When I think of the incredible history of your country, I clearly notice that many large companies are in danger of failing or being acquired by foreign investors&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What are the causes of such a stagnant reality? The <strong>absence of an ecosystem<\/strong> is indicated by Romans on several occasions as the great culprit of an unattractive situation for investors and business angels, who end up looking elsewhere: <em>&#8220;If I want to find a girl and go into a bar where there are only men, I just have to change bars&#8221;<\/em>, Romans reflects, making the community smile. <em>&#8220;The same happens in Italy to startuppers looking for investors ready to believe in them&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To unlock a situation that is not prone to change, on the one hand governments need to provide a series of fiscal incentives to support large companies, and on the other, individual companies leverage their strengths, shaping farsighted and insightful managerial profiles: <em>&#8220;In Italy there is the myth of Silicon Valley, but it must not be a model to strive for: each country is unique and must consider its own limits and focus on its potential, diversifying the product and the offer&#8221;<\/em>. This is where Bologna Business School comes into play, which combines academic knowledge of the Faculty with the presence of industry professionals and the support of a prestigious network of companies and managers.<\/p>\n<p>The Capital Venture is a <em>&#8220;win win win &#8230; model and I would add &#8216;win&#8217; to infinity&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; exclaims Romans, <em>&#8220;as it finances a project betting on its specific resources, and at the same time contributing to developing a more pro-active competitive policy towards investments\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Romans concludes by quoting Brad Pitt in the film Moneyball <em>&#8220;The purpose must not be to buy players: the purpose must be to buy victories&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Romans, CEO &amp; General Partner of 7BC.VC, was the guest of the last Innovation Talks &#8211; Fall Edition 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rubrica":[],"class_list":["post-18212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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