I scored you many goals


First week of “relax” and meetings to celebrate my well-deserved holidays.

Having been for so long on the infrastructure world, logically I’ve been catching up and meeting people from banks, private equity firms and infrastructure investors, in general.

In a coffee with investors talking about how I could help them in the future, I was asked something like… why would I be a good advisor for them.

I was thinking that we were practising the art of conversation and coffee tasting and this caught me totally out of guard.

“Because I scored you many goals” – without thinking.

Not the best answer, I’m afraid, but they loved it, and we could continue our coffee.

And you know that I love coffee…

Well…

I correct.

You know that I love good coffee…

And why did they like my answer?

Well… This is a constant in business.

If you wonder, why the FBI uses hackers to protect their IT system or help them to “spy” on others’ computers… well… I’m sure you can guess.

The best security guys can perfectly be former robbers.

So, I guess that someone wanting to buy infrastructure, or any other thing would love to have a seller from the other site of the table advising them. I know where all the tricks and flaws could be in an asset. I’ve delivered many.

It’s like buying a house… you would love to have a former real estate agent with you.

Don’t you?

If so, and you want to learn a few tricks about infrastructure, you need to take a look to this.

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