Startup Commons a global nonprofit association dedicated to making startup funding more understandable

An Italo-French student with a passion for internet startups and new business venturing. He currently blogs about the European startup scene at theStartup.eu, a weblog that covers the European startup scene, focused on technology companies, web applications, social media, growth entrepreneurship and venture capital. He also contributes to TechCrunch Europe, covering the italian startup scene.

In addition to BOD of Startup Commons, he's the Italian Ambassador for Startup School and collaborate with Mind The Bridge foundation.

Links: LinkedIn - twitter

Arlinda Sipilä is pointed as our Chief Operating Officer and she will also join our Board Of Directors

In addition to more established companies like Tellabs, Arlinda is familiar with growth startups by having worked in several of those in her career, including SSH Communications, SEVEN Networks Inc., and Xtract. In her Senior Marketing positions she''s been responsible for overall marketing strategies, planning, execution and managing the marketing team for product launches, branding, public relations and event management.

In her blog, she love's writing about the use of technology in marketing, startup business, branding, design, traveling and culture.

Links: LinkedIn - twitter

We are very happy to have both Stefano and Arlinda to join our BOD and specially happy to have Arlinda join us as the first acting COO. Expect to hear a lot more about Startup Commons in 2010.

About our BOD

Our Board of Directors is still an interim board. While we are working hard to see that the board will grow to have a community voice, we think one of the board's primary missions will be to act as a search committee to find a permanent board of directors that brings representation from global startup companies and investor communities such that all parties feel confident the board can fairly represent their views.

Get involved! - you can start by tweeting about us, joining our Facebook & LinkedIn Groups and/or sharing your comments below.

If you are interested in more "hands on" role, please contact us directly.