Alberto GaragnaniCo Founder

Italy - Milan, Lombardy

I am passionate builder with experience across different sectors and departments. I have worked in finance, e-commerce and mobility, with roles in business development, finance and sustainability. I am skilled in strategy, communication, project management and I speak five languages.

Here my main learnings and achievements:
- Good business ideas can be simple: At 16 I made €1k by reselling used book shop using facebook to get clients, an excel sheet for tracking and used my car to pick up and deliver the books.
- Founders need to love their ideas and be ready to commit the next 10 years: At 20 I founded a peer to peer language platform to make taking a class as easy as ordering an Uber. Despite some early wins we decided to shut it down because we weren't ready to commit the next 10 years.
- Break down complex problem in manageable chunks: I joined JOKR to lead the Italian expansion hired 8 people, rented warehouses and procured the assortment.
- Bias for action: I built and led the sustainability department at JOKR. Co-creating out sustainability and impact strategy, reducing food waste by 25% and calculating our carbon footprint in Mexico.