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aliases: ["Valentina Rizzo"]
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Tier: "2nd 🥈"
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# Valentina Rizzo

Journalist covering the Italian tech and startup ecosystem for a well-known Italian business publication. Valentina has written about Refactoring several times and is a valuable source of news and perspective on what is happening in the Italian tech scene. She and Luca have built a mutually beneficial relationship: she provides media coverage and ecosystem intelligence, and Luca offers candid perspective from the practitioner side. They meet regularly for coffee or lunch in Milan to exchange notes.

## Notes

- Sharp journalist with excellent sources across the Italian startup ecosystem; often has news before it is public
- Fair and thorough in her reporting; Luca trusts her to represent his comments accurately
- Their relationship goes beyond transactional media relations; they genuinely enjoy each other's company and have become real friends
- Has introduced Luca to several interesting people in the Italian tech scene through her extensive network
- Occasionally asks Luca to review technical details in her articles for accuracy, which he is happy to do

## Collaborations

- [[topic-italian-startups]] — primary source of information on the Italian tech ecosystem
- [[topic-podcasting]] — has covered the Refactoring podcast in her publication
- [[event-dinner-family]] — occasional guest at Milan gatherings, bridging the tech and media worlds
