"What a fantastic panel! Ronald Spogli, former US Ambassador to Italy, was the co-founder of a private equity firm and has promoted the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford (http://fsi.stanford.edu/). His impact in Italy cannot be overestimated: during his tenure as ambassador he raised the level of public discourse about entrepreneurship as well as supported regulatory enablers such as technology transfer from university research. He instigated the first trip of business angels from Italy to meet American angel groups, and from that trip to the Midwest, the organization I am a member of, Italian Angels for Growth, was born." - Paola Bonomo