Marco Castello

General Manager at Vimeo (Bending Spoons) | Member of FounderGlass startup program | Co-founded Humamy | 🏉 ex Rugby Player

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

It's official! We closed the acquisition of Eventbrite.

Another iconic brand joins @bendingspoons shortly after @Vimeo and @AOL.

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

“We produce things that last for 500 years and then use them for 20 minutes. For the remaining 499 years, 364 days, 23 hours and 40 minutes, they are waste.” (Prof Tamara Galloway). 1/3 of food produced is wasted.
We definitely need to fix our society. #waste #climatechange

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

Do you guys agree with my hypotheses? Do you think there is something more? If you look at yourself, what’s the first thing preventing you from switching to a plant based diet?
I do want to know your opinions 🙌🏻

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

"We are only now understanding the extent of our abuse of the planet and realizing that we are reaching a critical point. he next ten years will be the most important in human history - our last chance to change course" (from Earthshot a book everyone should read @EarthshotPrize)

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

Good luck going to a non-vegan restaurant and asking for a vegan meal: they’ll get you a plate of plain veggies at best. This definitely doesn’t help.

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

Implications are already visible: The population has shrunk in the past two years. Schools have faced shortages of students, the military has expanded eligibility requirements for conscripts, and a reduce young workforce put the pension system at risks.

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

In South Korea the fertility rate — the average number of children born to a woman — declined for the sixth straight year to 0.81 in 2021. A fertility rate of 2.1 is needed for a population to remain the same size without migration. Sources: Statistics Korea, @nytimes

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Wow!

“The link between lack of sleep and cancer is now so strong that the World Health Organization has classified any form of nighttime shift work as a probable carcinogen."

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Amazon’s stock fell 80% in 2000.

Here’s what Jeff Bezos told investors:

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

@ashmaurya Analogy continues:

"... You might get lucky, but where you end up is usually not where you expected to be. If you simply flip this around and start with doors, or problems, key-building becomes a lot easier. You start building keys to doors that actually take you places.”

[Marco Castello @fringu_]

“Starting with a solution is like building a key without a door. You can build a great-looking key quickly, but then you spend a lot of time searching for the right door to open."
@ashmaurya 👏🏻 great analogy on why it's more difficult to start from a solution than a real problem