Last week I had the chance to get a tour of Netflix’s new headquarters in Amsterdam. They just moved into a stunning space in one of the best locations in town. The office is airy, subtly and elegantly styled with…
One office is not enough
7 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Create an Online Course – From a Reformed Course Creator
My presentation training business has closed its doors. Shut. Forever. My foray into the “online course business” lasted 2 years. The course, marketing materials, and promotion cost me 13.200 euros plus my own labour. Over 2 years, the business made…
2016 My year in review
In 2014 I started a tradition. I began openly reviewing my year, analysing, in the most candid way possible, 5 aspects starting from my business, my financial plan, continuing to what has given me joy and grief personally, diving into…
The 6 lessons on entrepreneurship I learned losing 22.092,22 euros on my first startup
Puoi leggere questo articolo in italiano sul mio blog matteoc.com Intro: I’m not dumb. I’m just like you. I lost some money. Precisely 22.092,22 euros on my first startup. I’m not here to celebrate failure. I’m not here to brag…
Social Hollywood: how social media changed showbiz forever
How did social media, in the matter of less than 10 years, manage to get indissolubly bound not only to the promotion, but also to the making and life of motion pictures? The cinema industry is, after all, a fairly…
2015 My Year in Review
In 2014 I wrote a transparent and honest review of my year for everyone to read. I always wanted it to become a tradition. So here I am with the 2015 review. The yearly review is something I publish here…
A naming trick that every freelancer should know
Freelancers deal with rejection all the time. Their ideas are debated, evaluated and – more often than not – refused. In this article I want to provide you with my own recipe to take ego out of the equation and…
An unexpected social trick I learned running out of business cards at the worst time
Shit happens. I was on the eve of an important conference. I had spend good money, out of my own pocket, to purchase a ticket, travel and accommodation. But I had no business cards left. Yet I had no intention of…
Micro-preneurs, Super-powers
Sorry Elon, see ya Sergey, bye Zuck: the real super heroes of the startup world are micropreneurs. The startup world is full of dangerous distractions. There are accelerators, incubators, meet-ups, competitions, conferences, trade shows. But mostly there is the schizophrenia…
How to make your presentations truly memorable
What do you want to achieve when you’re presenting? Surely you want to be heard and understood. But what’s the goal of your presentation? Is it just to engage your audience in the moment you’re presenting? How about one hour…