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Luca Ferrari, Bending Spoons CEO: The $40K Origin Story, Buying Product-Market Fit & Why Private Equity Can't Compete

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Started September 24, 2026

(0:00) Luca Ferrari joins the Besties! (1:56) Crashing an AI startup, the $40,000 restart & buying product market fit (4:59) The in-house tech stack, shrinking the teams & the 10 out of 10 standard (9:55) Debt as an accelerant, what happens if rates rise & who else is bidding (14:58) Inside the deal desk: what gets acquired, why they don't build & the founder question (20:22) Building a tech giant out of Milan, Europe's talent pool & the outsider advantage Thanks to our partners for making th...

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Acquiring product-market fit is economically preferable to venture-backed companies because it eliminates the zero-to-one execution risk that destroys 90% of funded startups.
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The trend of buying product-market fit undermines the value of organic growth for startups.
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