{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8cf4cec7-5a0f-49c5-8ec9-36941b5c6b6e/6acf66d2af6695e2cae17d98?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bending Spoons CEO on going public, buying old tech brands and The Matrix","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0b311a8cbef1d93cf121/1792064278494-7b9bc8cf-d7bd-4751-ac17-add36d050896.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Bending Spoons has become one of Europe’s most unusual tech companies by buying well-known tech businesses and rebuilding them. Katie Prescott speaks to CEO Luca Ferrari about taking the company public, choosing the US over Europe and transforming businesses such as AOL and Evernote. </p><p><br></p><p>He also explains why Bending Spoons never sells the companies it buys, and why being the CEO of a public company can feel “a little bit naked”.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDjOfuKr54UQ5AbZVB4b9Sw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube</a> </u></strong></p><p><strong>Get in touch: </strong><u><a href=\"mailto:techpod@thetimes.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">techpod@thetimes.co.uk</a></u></p><p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p><p>Katie Prescott, Technology Business Editor, The Times</p><p>Danny Fortson, US West Coast Correspondent, The Sunday Times</p><p><strong>Producer:</strong> Marnie Duke</p><p><strong>Executive Producer: </strong>Priyanka Deladia</p><p><strong>Video Producer:</strong> Bronwen Latham</p><p><strong>Image:</strong> Getty</p>","author_name":"The Sunday Times"}