Luca Ferrari - Building Bending Spoons - [Invest Like the Best, EP.446]

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Luca is the co founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, which he describes as twenty five percent private equity and seventy five percent technology company. Founded in twenty thirteen, Bending Spoons fully acquires and operates digital companies like Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, and most recently AOL. Our conversation explores the unique model behind bending spoons and the culture required to scale it. Lucas shares exactly how their acquisition playbook works from identifying promising businesses. to rebuilding every part of them across product design, monetization, and marketing.

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