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Episode 446: Building Bending Spoons Invest Like The Best Episode 446 Hosted by Patrick O'Shaughnessy 11.04.2025 Luca Ferrari is the co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons. We cover how Bending Spoons acquires and rebuilds digital companies like Evernote and AOL, the culture that drives its exceptional talent density, and why Luca sees perpetual discontent as a superpower. This episode is brought to you by: Ramp. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramp's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramp.com/invest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. AlphaSense. AlphaSense⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ has completely transformed the research process with cutting-edge AI technology and a vast collection of top-tier, reliable business content. Invest Like the Best listeners can get a free trial now at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Alpha-Sens

Introduction Patrick My guest today is Luca Ferrari. Luca is the co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, which he describes as 25% private equity and 75% technology company. Founded in 2013, Bending Spoons fully acquires and operates digital companies like Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, and most recently AOL. Our conversation explores the unique model behind Bending Spoons and the culture required to scale it. Luca shares exactly how their acquisition playbook works, from identifying promising businesses to rebuilding every part of them across product design, monetization, and marketing. We discussed

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