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How I succeeded at Slush as an XR entrepreneur

How I succeeded at Slush as an XR entrepreneur

Last week, I was in Finland and, for the first time in my life, I attended Slush, one of the most important events in Europe for entrepreneurs. In this post, I’ll share my experience with it, the life lessons I’ve learned, and offer you some valuable advice if you want to attend this event for […]

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025
by Skarredghost
Should you attend XR events? Pros and cons of going to exhibitions

Should you attend XR events? Pros and cons of going to exhibitions

It’s the end of the year, and like every December, it is the time to make a balance about how the past year went. There is a particular aspect of my professional year I want to tell you about and it is the attendance at XR events. This year, since my main job vanished and […]

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
by Skarredghost
The importance of aligning everything you do in your VR career to your goals

The importance of aligning everything you do in your VR career to your goals

Today I want to get back to writing a post about VR startup life and personal development, an article more similar to what you usually find in a personal blog. In particular, I want to talk about a strategy I’ve recently applied to plan my days better and align what I’m doing with what I […]

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024
by Skarredghost
Startups, innovation, and the transitional moment of XR

Startups, innovation, and the transitional moment of XR

XR is in the initial part of a new cycle where mixed reality, spatial mapping and computing, and AI are starting to become always more relevant. But the devices are still bulky, expensive, and full of friction, and this creates an innovation dilemma for people wanting to make a business in immersive realities. Let me […]

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024
by Skarredghost
What to do after you have lost your VR job

What to do after you have lost your VR job

It’s not the best moment for the tech and gaming industry: many startups have failed and many people even from big companies have been laid off. In the VR industry, we are not immune to this trend and probably we have even bigger problems, since after the metaverse hype we entered again in an “autumn […]

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024
by Skarredghost
My (emotional) interview with Tommaso Di Bartolo, the Web3 expert who made me start my blog

My (emotional) interview with Tommaso Di Bartolo, the Web3 expert who made me start my blog

Today I publish a very special article. You know that one month ago my blog made its 6th birthday and I promised some special article about it. Well, today I fulfill that promise by interviewing Tommaso Di Bartolo, serial entrepreneur, marketing expert, and mentor, who during the summer of 2016 suggested me to start a […]

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
by Skarredghost
“Embrace the chaos” is my new mantra as a VR entrepreneur

“Embrace the chaos” is my new mantra as a VR entrepreneur

Today I feel like writing a post that is less on the tech side, and more on the entrepreneurial side of VR, something that talks about my experience working as an entrepreneur/freelancer in this field. In particular, I want to talk about the attitude that I’m starting to have in my work and that is […]

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022
by Skarredghost
Can you make a living out of AR and VR?

Can you make a living out of AR and VR?

Today I want to answer a question that from time to time people ask me: is it possible to make a living out of AR and VR? Can you just follow your passion, and pay the bills by creating XR-related content? Well, let me tell you my thoughts about this. The short answer is yes […]

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021
by Skarredghost
How you (a VR professional) can go through the coronavirus lockdown

How you (a VR professional) can go through the coronavirus lockdown

Greetings from the lockdown! As you probably know I’m a VR consultant/developer, and I’m Italian. Here we are currently in lockdown and the situation is pretty frustrating: we can’t travel, we are strongly advised not to go out from home (we must carry a paper that justifies why we are exiting even just to have […]

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020
by Skarredghost
How to be a good VR startupper – Part 2

How to be a good VR startupper – Part 2

Second part of my post with my pieces of advice for wannabe VR entrepreneurs. If you lost the first part, you can find it here! Notice that these pieces of advice are valid for whatever market, not only VR, so if you arrived at this page because you want to be a startupper in another […]

August 17, 2019August 18, 2019
by Skarredghost
How to be a good VR startupper – Part 1

How to be a good VR startupper – Part 1

This is the week of this blog’s birthday and so I’m publishing a very special post, that I’m going to split into two parts. It’s a while that I don’t write something about entrepreneurship, so I thought it could be a good idea to give you some pieces of advice on how to be a […]

August 16, 2019October 9, 2019
by Skarredghost

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