If Mark Zuckerberg was born in Naples. If Jack Dorsey was born in Syracuse. If Larry Page was born in Casal Palocco.

The argument is always the same. The identical conclusion: they would remain anonymous in the life they could never exploit their genius.

The problem? It's all for Italy. In the system of the country, among investors, making culture, spaghetti and mandolin. As if being born in our country was an original sin that indelible tarperebbe wings to all those who would like startupper rampant, however, fly high and see your name carved in the annals of the history of the Web

Someone will say, "but I've tried in every way! In Italy my startup did not work. Maybe, if I were in America, in San Francisco, Silicon Valley ... who knows. "

Of course. Why not.

Forgive sincerity. Do not want to seem obnoxious or completely tactless to you offending your sensibilities. It's just that if your startup has not worked here in Italy, maybe it would not work even in the rest of the world.

I give you a hint. If your problem is Italy and Italian, you do so. If you try really brilliant idea to throw it in English on the Web, as though living in Silicon Valley. Because the Web is universal and where you live is irrelevant.

Mind you, I say "throw". I intend to implement it, implement it and launch it online. Because we are all good ideas come to mind to get past them, but you should know, since when it has been confined at the level of synapses does not do much there.

Once your startup is online, then try to reach a critical mass of users from scratch. Now it is in English you have no excuses. The various Zuckerberg did the same. Is it difficult? Come on, you have a whole planet available. Someone to love, maybe you find it. Otherwise, an examination of conscience, if I were you, I would.

Do not stand there whining if you do not find investors willing to invest now on you. I am not speaking of the few Italian investors in circulation. But I mean even the ones in Silicon Valley. Because only in your distorted view of reality the money is the first demonstration of what your idea functions or not. If the money was yours, before giving them to someone, I imagine that some insurance on your investment, perhaps, would like grudge.

At the end of the story if your startup will not be the fault of who? Of Italy? Maybe not. Maybe it's just due to a combination of untoward circumstances and a bit of bad luck. But let us a favor: stop it to take it with Italy as if failure is all due to that only.

At best, if I were you, and I had to try at all costs a scapegoat, I would take it on my own.