Luca Cosentino

“Luca, I am considering working in crypto; can I pick your brain?”

Contact Tracing & Privacy: come risolvere il Trilemma

Why Visa acquired Plaid

Plaid in numbers:

Life lessons I like or wish I knew before

A constantly-updated list of life lessons I wrote myself or found somewhere else (in no particular order)…because…best teachers are not always found in a classroom

Data Scientist to Product Manager? It’s not a common path, they say

Why data science makes great product managers.

You spent a few years crunching data, analyzing information, going deep on customers’ behavior online, offline, omnichannel, mobile, in…

Machine Learning: where to start from

The particular application of Machine Learning to business is becoming more and more popular. I guess what really convinced me to spend time on Machine Learning is exactly this fascinating intersection between technology, algorithms, statistics, and business: very…

The importance of Mentorship and how to get the most out of it

Mentorship has always been discussed as a controversial topic. Even though everyone acknowledges its importance, very few understand its real essence and take the right actions.

The Brexit Dilemma. Who’s the prisoner?

51.9% Leave doesn’t tell the truth. Neither do words from European and UK leaders. The irrational Brexit puts both Europe and UK in a prisoner’s position. Stay or Leave, this is the Dilemma. Even after the Referendum.

Stay Simple — the 3Bs framework

The relationship report-manager is never obvious. 1:1 meetings generally create more questions than the one they answer, and it’s rarely clear what the right level of depth is.