ONETTI ALBERTO

Alberto Onetti is Full Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Economics of the University of Insubria (Varese and Como, Italy), where he serves as Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Global Entrepreneurship, Economics and Management (GEEM). He has also served as Vice Rector for Technological Innovation and Spin-offs, member of the Academic Senate, and Director of CrESIT (Research Centre for Innovation and Life Science Management).
Since 2005, he has been actively engaged with Silicon Valley. He is a Visiting Professor at the College of Business of San Francisco State University and Chairman of Mind the Bridge, the renowned California-based organization that supports entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide. In 2014, he was selected by the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), an initiative aimed at accelerating the growth of Europe’s most promising startups. He currently serves as a member of the Task Force for the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy (appointed by European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Zaharieva).
He is also a LinkedIn Top Voice with more than 40,000 followers and was recognized among the Top 30 Most Influential People in European Deep Tech by Dealroom in 2026.
His main research interests focus on entrepreneurship, startups, innovation, and the business models of high-tech companies. Alberto Onetti has authored numerous books and articles on management, internationalization, and business innovation. His publications include Strategia d’Impresa (published by Il Sole 24 Ore, now in its fifth edition), Business Modeling for Life Science and Biotech Companies (published by Routledge in the United States and Europe), and Open Innovation in Action: Models, Metrics, and Use Cases for Corporate-Startup Collaboration (published by Springer). He is a frequent keynote speaker and invited lecturer at conferences and events across Europe, the United States, and Asia.
As part of his commitment to knowledge dissemination and public engagement, he was co-editor of the Silicon Valley Blog on Corriere.it from 2009 to 2019, publishing more than 300 articles. He has also contributed to Corriere Innovazione and Sifted (Financial Times). Since 2021, he has authored the weekly “Open World” column for EconomyUp and regularly writes for several international publications, including Crunchbase News and Managers.