Andrea bonarrigo
Startups & tech entusiast | BSc in management
WHO AM I
HI! I am a 20 years old student living in Milan, Italy with a burning passion for startups and technology, and I am currently pursuing a BSc in Economics & Management at Bocconi University, in Milan.
what drives me
I started coding at 11 and quickly became passionate about bringing my ideas to life. With each project, I realized my love for startups and that's what I aspire to pursue. Outside of work, I enjoy tennis, snowboarding, and reading.but...why not cs then?
As a founder, I want to balance the business side with enough technical know-how to grasp everything going on, so I can get the best of both worlds.
what others say about me
That I am curious, determined and quite competitive: I will never back off without having reached my goals.
Languages
Full proficiency (C1)
native
limited proficiency (working on it!)
Education
High School
I followed a scientific path at I.I.S Don Milani Montichiari and graduated as Valedictorian with 100 cum laude / 100
I took part in Italian Olympiad (three times national semi-finals),
Physics Olympiad (national semi-finals),
And Math Olympiad (was 8th in Italy in 2020)
University
I am currently getting my Bachelor's in Economics and Management at Bocconi University (3rd in Europe, 7th in the world, QS Ranking) with a current GPA of 30.1/30 (as of 08/24)
I take part into:
Bocconi Entrepreneurship Club
Blockchain Association
Bocconi Students for Machine Learning
Main Awards
Graduated from high school as Valedictorian with maximum cum laude
8th in National Math Olympiad in 2020
WORK
I started coding with python when I was 11 and here's a complete recap on my main ventures (so far!)
WEb-automation
2017-2018
Ai & mL
2019-Present
Currently working on!
Blockchain
2020-Present
Main Awards
Won Startup contest from Banca Intesa (biggest italian bank) at 18 y/o
Achieved over 30.000$/month in revenue from 20+ international clients at 17 y/o
Won Hackathon Award at UPenn, USA. Was invited and sponsored to travel and participate
Webscraping & Automation
Instascanner (2018)
Instascanner was an automatic tool designed to easily find instagram pages and influencers meeting certain criteria for influencer marketing campaigns, without manual interaction.
Results
Successfully found instagram profiles with custom criteria
Automatic calculation of engagement rate and viral potential
Tested with e-commerce campaigns
Problems
Extremely complex to operate at scale
Problems with instagram bot limitations
Extreme need of manual mantainence
Learnings
Don't rely on other websites to exist (PAIN to maintain opeerational!)
Work on something more scalable
Ai & Machine learning
Eaglecam (2019)
Eaglecam was a tool that extracted the photos that look the best from short videos (Tired of taking 100+ photos for a post :)) using a custom AI Neural Network I trained to recognise good looking photos (in 2019 with Tensorflow and no hype around AI was surely funny)
Results
Managed to create a working demo
Occasionally spitted photos that were, well, not that good (but def funny)
Creating a custom working Neural net at 15 y/o for recognising good photos
Problems
Creating a custom Neural Net with limited knowledge and basically pure guessing over the NN structure
Complexities of server deployment of AI Models
Basically impossible to get done by myself
Learnings
Work on problems people HAVE
Don't try to build a complex solution in the very beginning
How AI & ML models works (it was a good 200+ hours of learning before i managed to do it)
Blockchain
Idemos (2021-2022)
Idemos was a platform that allowed web 3.0 projects working with NFTs to offer their customers an easy way to customise their own unique masterpieces, creating a private and personalised experience
The numbers
20+ international clients
30k$/month: the top revenue achieved
8 months of relentless work (& Pivots) before first client
Results
Served successfully 20+ international clients
Organized and managed a team
Achieved up to 30.000$/month in revenue
Won startup contest from Banca Intesa (Biggest italian bank)
Problems
Built in a hype-driven, cyclical sector
Impossible to sustain after market crash of mid 2022
Learnings
How to pivot effectively (this wasn't the first concept)
Focus on distribution from the start
Validate the idea in the beginning (had to change most of the product after 6 month of work because of market fit)
In a gold rush, sell shovels
Ai & Machine learning
Eurys (2024)
Eurys is an AI-powered search engine for people.
You ask a question in a natural way (such as "Who can help me with marketing?") and get all the relevant profiles in a second.
Built to fix networking once and for all.
Results
Launching beta in several themed-communities
Problems Solved (so far)
Had to learn Next-JS from scratch
Had to develop several custom ways to gather user data (from resumes, linkedin, private databases)
Learnings
Transitioned from only backend to full-stack dev
How to work with 40°C outside
Contact
And... that's it (for now!) If you have any questions about me, my work or just want to connect here is where to find me!