Andrea Zanon
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Empowering leaders & entrepreneurs with strategy, partnerships & cultural intelligence | 20+ yrs international development | andreazanon.tech | Confidence. Culture. Connection.
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How to survive a crisis and use it to your advantage
Personal, financial, reputational, and business crises can be devastating for people, families, and communities. As we look through the multiple crises that have affected us over the last five few years including Covid, the War in Ukraine, the Recession and Inflation, we should take stock of these markets, health and geopolitical crises and absorb the emerging lessons. These can be used for more personal daily decision making.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Education
Raising Capital Could Become Tougher In 2023. Time For Entrepreneurs To Think Boldly!
Fundraising slowed down significantly in the first half of 2022 as capital became more expensive, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine became more serious, and markets and entrepreneurs accepted the ongoing recession.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Education
Is Net-Zero Emission The Biggest Business Opportunity Of The Century?
Net-Zero is a term that has become popular in both the public and private sectors thanks to the massive advocacy performed by the environmental movement led by the United Nations and other global foundations. More recently, following the COP15 and COP26 Climate Summits that respectively took place in Paris, France in 2015 and in Glasgow, UK in 2021, the term has become synonymous with the green industrial transformation. Net-zero refers to the decarbonization of our economies to the level in which the greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere are harmonized by their complete removal.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Earth
Smart wearables and jewelry is the new frontier of the trillion-dollar wellness market
Overall, the management consultant McKinsey estimates the global wellness market at more than $1.5 trillion, with annual growth of 10 percent. McKinsey further elaborates that consumers are buying from these six categories of wellness, notably, health, fitness, nutrition, style, sleep, and mindfulness. One of the fastest growing niches of this market is the smart wearable tech. Wellness and fitness trackers have been around for years and have reached promising levels of market penetration. The global fitness tracker market is projected to grow to $114.36 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.9% during the projected period of 2022-2028.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Longevity
Billions Of Dollars Will Continue To Pour Into Italian Soccer . Top Story - August 2022.
While many think the Italian Serie A (the top Italian soccer league) is a well-oiled machine, the Italian league has been lagging Spain, Germany, France, and England since the late 90s. This both in terms of international performance as well as in terms of new investment and innovation. At the national level, Italian soccer has lost its luster over the last 10 years, as for the second term in a row, the Azzurri (this is how the Italian soccer team is known) did not qualify for the World Cup. Missing the Qatar World Cup in late 2022 represents financial losses that could range between 10-15 billion dollars. These are losses the Italian soccer cannot afford. To top all that, last week's fall of the Italian government, led by Prime Minister Mario-Draghi, one of the most respected international technocrats, represents another financial blow for Italy as billions of dollars from the European Union may never reach Italy. While this crisis will isolate Italy within the EU, and make Italian borrowing more costly, it will accelerate investment and M&A activity across the soccer sector as soccer assets become cheaper. M&A is expected to accelerate across the three Italian soccer leagues namely the Serie A, Serie B and Serie C.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Education
BUSINESS Key lessons from 2022 Warren Buffet and Charlie Monger at the Shareholders Meetings
As I attended the Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders meeting from April 28th to April 30th, I came back from Omaha with the usual conviction that Warren Buffet and Charlie Monger (the two leaders) have built an investment corporate culture that will outlive many of their competitors. These meetings are also known as the Woodstock of Capitalism as they attract some of the leading financiers in the world. For those new to the Shareholder Annual Meetings, Warren Buffet and Charlie Monger host in Omaha, Nebraska every year between 20,000-40,000 shareholders traveling from all over the world and take questions for 6 hours. The two leaders of Berkshire Hathaway have a personal net worth of approximately US$ 100 billion each, and Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of $708.16 Billion. This makes Berkshire Hathaway the world’s 7th most valuable company in the world.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Education
Abu Dhabi becomes the largest soccer investor in the world (written in Fxstreet)
The City Football Group (CFG) is a holding company founded by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, who with the Abu Dhabi United Group owns the majority shares (77%). CFG is an increasingly assertive financial leader, which owns 12 football clubs and is about to expand its acquisitions to Brazil and to Holland. From England, to France, from Japan to Uruguay and to Italy, CFG is becoming a force of nature across the football world. In July of 2022, CFG finalized the acquisition of Palermo, the Italian soccer team playing in Serie B (the second most important league) and it is rumored to be finalizing the term sheet (financial papers) to acquire the Dutch team Breda. With these acquisitions, Abu Dhabi is now playing a leading role in the top Italian, Spanish, English and possibly Dutch football leagues.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Cleats
Davos delivers on private sector commitment to decarbonize
The November 2021 Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow consolidated the momentum toward a transition to green growth and a decarbonized economy. Unsurprisingly, this involved a more robust partnership with the private sector to invest in clean tech and clean energy. One of the key milestones of the COP26, was the United States launch of the First Movers Coalition (FMC). This is a platform for companies and governments to commit to purchase green products and services (such as green hydrogen, green steel, and green cement) and thus jump-start the creation of markets for innovative clean energy technologies that are key for tackling the climate crisis.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Earth
Megadroughts and massive impacts to environment and economy
Drought is a slow-moving natural disaster, a kind of creeping phenomenon, which destroys livelihood and economies, but the impacts of which show up over a long time-period. As its impacts become evident over a longer time period, it is harder to mitigate. Furthermore, drought does not cause the same sort of structural damage as hurricanes, floods and forest fires do. For these reasons droughts have hindered the development of systematic databases, yearly estimates of costing and impacts and, ultimately, the formulation of drought risk management by many governments around the world.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Earth
Italian Tomatoes, rice, and extra virgin olive oil will cost more due to the megadrought
It will likely cost 20 to 50% more to buy Italian arborio rice (rice used to make risotto), extra virgin olive oil and tomato sauce due to the megadrought affecting Italy. This drought is different as it is affecting the entire country including the northern regions of Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto, an area which normally has enormous amounts of water. The water richness in the north (the agriculture and industrial hub of Italy) has created a false sense of water security, leading to under-investment in water harvesting, management and storing. This is different in the south of the country where water has always been scarce resulting in better drought mitigation systems.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Earth
Invest in yourself and don’t let this crisis control you
I believe the worst of the last 5 years is behind us. We have absorbed an unprecedented amount of loss, stress, market reversal, health challenges and geopolitical shocks. To be more specific, since 2017, we have been affected by the following crisis and shocks:
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Education
Sustainability, ESG and climate change concerns are reshaping investment
Climate change is impacting businesses and societies around the world, making climate risk and sustainability a top priority for companies in all industries. Climate risk is transforming markets and redesigning capital allocation, investments, and growth strategies. Sustainability transactions more than tripled in value in 2021 to $164 billion (Refinitiv). Based on market analysis and trends observed over the last 5 years, the transition to “green growth” represents an historic investment opportunity which in our opinion will be bigger that the internet boom of 1990s. We believe that at least $5 trillion annually will be invested in sustainability by 2025. This represents the largest capital reallocation in history. At the same time, approximately $12 trillion worth of assets will have to be retired or phased out to comply with new ESG and carbon reduction regulations.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
