Our goal is to foster a sustainable and global entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our programs and activities focus on bringing startups and corporates together to enhance the growth of all parties, and to bring new value to enterprises through innovation.
Mind the Bridge is an international team with experience and a presence in multiple ecosystems.
Mind the Bridge has been running a non-profit foundation since 2007. It was established by Marco Marinucci with the support of a group of entrepreneurs passionate about entrepreneurship education.
Mind the Bridge was established in 2007 by then Googler, Marco Marinucci. Marco now serves as the company’s CEO with Italian university Professor Alberto Onetti as its chairman.
By Marco Marinucci|2020-09-11T17:00:27+02:00September 11th, 2020|General, Mind the Chat, Silicon Valley|
Mind the Bridge's CEO Marco Marinucci sat down with Gary Coover, GM of Samsung NEXT in Silicon Valley, to talk about the Samsung Group and its major open innovation initiatives: Samsung NEXT, NEXT Products and NEXT Fund. Gary, a Bay Area native who spent years in South Korea, has been the 2nd hire at NEXT, an entity that now employs around 200 people in its 4 areas: Products, Partnerships, Ventures and M&A.
By Marco Marinucci|2020-09-14T19:18:40+02:00August 14th, 2020|General|
After being a long time mentor at Mind the Bridge, Tiberio has now helped the establishment of MTB footprint in Los Angeles. To celebrate this milestone, Marco Marinucci sat down with Tiberio (alas, virtually) discussing his view on where the widely defined “Creative Industry” is headed.
By Marco Marinucci|2021-02-19T14:21:34+01:00June 25th, 2020|General, Mind the Chat, Policy Makers|
Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission, interviewed by Marco Marinucci in this exclusive Mind the Chat. The discussion spans from the role of science and research in Europe today, to the opportunities created by the European Green Deal, with a deep dive on the successor of Horizon 2020, called Horizon EU a ~€100B program that will deeply impact the outcome of the research and innovation in Europe and globally.
By Serena Orizi|2020-06-23T10:20:15+02:00June 23rd, 2020|Corporates, General, Investors, Startups|
The tech Korean ecosystem is finally entering the “Scaleup phase” powered from foreign capital, according to a new Report launched today by the innovation advisory firm Mind the Bridge and KITA - Korea International Trade Association during “NextRise 2020 Seoul”, a global startup conference and exhibition to connect Korean startups with the global startup ecosystem.
By Marco Marinucci|2020-06-08T09:26:24+02:00May 27th, 2020|Corporates, General, Mind the Chat, Silicon Valley|
Marco Marinucci meets Dennis Clark, the Managing Director of Honda Innovations, in this last episode of Mind the Chat. The evolution of Honda’s presence in Silicon Valley should be looked at as exemplary for corporations that are considering expanding their footprint in the Bay Area: started as Honda Research Institute, then added a CVC unit and R&D team in 2011, and finally morphed in 2017 into Honda Innovations, a separate ~50 people company running 2 major programs.
