Massimiliano Sulpizi, CEO of EquityMatch.co
I am an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, merchant banker and executive.
I have founded five companies and advised clients in finance, energy, infrastructure, fashion, real estate, high-tech, and others.
I am currently serving as an advisor and board member to numerous EU healthcare and technology startups and growth-stage companies.
I have obtained my MBA from the Polytechnic of Milan meanwhile starting my first venture. I am fluent in Italian and English.
What do you like about your current role?
EquityMatch.co is my last venture, where I am the Founder, CEO and Investor. I have launched a platform to help founders raise global funds and get acknowledged in the Venture Capital and Angel ecosystem with Tips, Articles, Events and Videos.
I love what I am doing, helping daring entrepreneurs to become the number 1.
What are your favourite books?
I love reading.
Let me suggest Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. Meanwhile, for start-uppers, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a "Musts to read".
Who do you most admire and why?
All of them, they are very different, but all essential. [Above mentioned.]
What is the best advice you have ever received?
Talk only when needed and listen instead.
What motivates or inspires you?
Passion is all. You must love what you are doing to do it at your best!
I am an entrepreneur and love inventing and starting new things. I am a startup investor as well and I do love help founders to change the world.
What would you like to highlight and share with our audience?
Life is about attitude, choose the positive one. Never focus on problems but only on solutions. Success comes only if you believe in it until it will happen.