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Hi everyone, my name is Chris, got curious about this forum after it was mentioned repeatedly in the millionaire fastlane book, which I really enjoyed!
I’m born Danish and grew up in Italy, to complete university back in Denmark again, so my background culture is split between these two even though I don’t fully identify with any nation. I’d prefer if we all just skipped ahead to when earth is one concept in a wider universe focused on progress instead of multiple competing backyards. I have been a nomad since 2017 as a pretty intense consultancy for UN World Food Programme made me realize that the entire world is easy to travel and I have no problem not having a fixed base. Plus it comes with tax optimization benefits if one is so inclined.
Currently writing from Medellin. I move every month or two.
I’ve never had a traditional employment as I learned programming as a teenager, lucky to be in a school named after Olivetti computers the relic, and immediately learned I could freelance my building skills. Needed to fund my snowboarding and partying. Plus I have always had an aversion towards people telling me what to do. So that is how I have found myself becoming an entrepreneur, although learning the hard way as I was never exposed to useful mentors.
I did complete university. Dropped out of an Italian computer science one as professors were semi-corrupt and anti-independent thinking. Found a Medialogy (Media-Technology) bachelor + masters in Denmark instead and started over, this time loving it. Funded my student lifestyle freelancing as a web developer, so when uni was done instead of looking for a job I naively created one for myself by founding a app development agency with a friend of mine.
I have since co-founded multiple tech startup attempts from little Denmark, one of which still snailing the fundraising route where I am still a passive minor shareholder. I left after we got to break-even eventually, supported by a couple of rounds of some very patient angels, as I got headhunted for the UN opportunity and I couldn’t say no to trying to build products in places like northern Uganda, South Sudan, Tajikistan and Madagascar among others.
The UN was not for me and it left me even more critical of institutions. Since 2019 I have been taking it more easily consulting as product manager focusing on early stage tech startups as that is where the most bad decisions with highest impact are made. While I cannot tell people what will end in success, I know a lot about what will most definitely not and how to get onto a process that maximizes learning.
My learnings from this long life process is that what I love is building things, mainly systems. Credits probably go way back to Lego, plus my mom giving me access to internet in rural northern italy in the middle of the 90s and not worrying about me dismantling and rebuilding the house tech. The other thing she did was to introduce me to investing in stocks, which I dived into when I turned 18 (2002). I used to joke that my MacBook Pros as a student have been free as I bought them with money made from flipping apple stock.
So what now?
Still figuring things out. Sharing my knowledge while refining what my next venture shall be. Venture as in value generating business, not as in fundraising dependent hyped up app. I’m an extremely good problem solver but I need free time to research and build, so I have a roadmap of various projects that will break me free from the rat race at first, so I can focus freely and fully on large problems I care about such as global education (not schooling), ease of entrepreneurship, free food (I’m a fan of Maslows Hierarchy model). First step is a paid course on how to use Elliott Wave analysis to improve ones investing game, minimizing losses and even predicting the market, because I need to stop consulting and this is the fastest cash flow solution I can think of. Plus it’s actually highly valuable to learn. Past that I’ll start actually building minor platforms I have in mind (I have good experience building digital marketplaces) and then move to the more fun+crazy ideas that require more capital and research.
I’m into snowboarding, wakeboarding and surfing although lately it’s quite rare. Avid reader. Heavy metal, punk and dark wave music. Traveling the world with my girlfriend and exploring food, culture, modern/contemporary art and history. I love a game of chess via chess.com provided it’s a 3 day time to move as I only dedicate asynchronous time.
Always up for a chat if you think we have something in common or if I have some knowledge that could be useful to you.
Have a good one.
- Chris
I’m born Danish and grew up in Italy, to complete university back in Denmark again, so my background culture is split between these two even though I don’t fully identify with any nation. I’d prefer if we all just skipped ahead to when earth is one concept in a wider universe focused on progress instead of multiple competing backyards. I have been a nomad since 2017 as a pretty intense consultancy for UN World Food Programme made me realize that the entire world is easy to travel and I have no problem not having a fixed base. Plus it comes with tax optimization benefits if one is so inclined.
Currently writing from Medellin. I move every month or two.
I’ve never had a traditional employment as I learned programming as a teenager, lucky to be in a school named after Olivetti computers the relic, and immediately learned I could freelance my building skills. Needed to fund my snowboarding and partying. Plus I have always had an aversion towards people telling me what to do. So that is how I have found myself becoming an entrepreneur, although learning the hard way as I was never exposed to useful mentors.
I did complete university. Dropped out of an Italian computer science one as professors were semi-corrupt and anti-independent thinking. Found a Medialogy (Media-Technology) bachelor + masters in Denmark instead and started over, this time loving it. Funded my student lifestyle freelancing as a web developer, so when uni was done instead of looking for a job I naively created one for myself by founding a app development agency with a friend of mine.
I have since co-founded multiple tech startup attempts from little Denmark, one of which still snailing the fundraising route where I am still a passive minor shareholder. I left after we got to break-even eventually, supported by a couple of rounds of some very patient angels, as I got headhunted for the UN opportunity and I couldn’t say no to trying to build products in places like northern Uganda, South Sudan, Tajikistan and Madagascar among others.
The UN was not for me and it left me even more critical of institutions. Since 2019 I have been taking it more easily consulting as product manager focusing on early stage tech startups as that is where the most bad decisions with highest impact are made. While I cannot tell people what will end in success, I know a lot about what will most definitely not and how to get onto a process that maximizes learning.
My learnings from this long life process is that what I love is building things, mainly systems. Credits probably go way back to Lego, plus my mom giving me access to internet in rural northern italy in the middle of the 90s and not worrying about me dismantling and rebuilding the house tech. The other thing she did was to introduce me to investing in stocks, which I dived into when I turned 18 (2002). I used to joke that my MacBook Pros as a student have been free as I bought them with money made from flipping apple stock.
So what now?
Still figuring things out. Sharing my knowledge while refining what my next venture shall be. Venture as in value generating business, not as in fundraising dependent hyped up app. I’m an extremely good problem solver but I need free time to research and build, so I have a roadmap of various projects that will break me free from the rat race at first, so I can focus freely and fully on large problems I care about such as global education (not schooling), ease of entrepreneurship, free food (I’m a fan of Maslows Hierarchy model). First step is a paid course on how to use Elliott Wave analysis to improve ones investing game, minimizing losses and even predicting the market, because I need to stop consulting and this is the fastest cash flow solution I can think of. Plus it’s actually highly valuable to learn. Past that I’ll start actually building minor platforms I have in mind (I have good experience building digital marketplaces) and then move to the more fun+crazy ideas that require more capital and research.
I’m into snowboarding, wakeboarding and surfing although lately it’s quite rare. Avid reader. Heavy metal, punk and dark wave music. Traveling the world with my girlfriend and exploring food, culture, modern/contemporary art and history. I love a game of chess via chess.com provided it’s a 3 day time to move as I only dedicate asynchronous time.
Always up for a chat if you think we have something in common or if I have some knowledge that could be useful to you.
Have a good one.
- Chris
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