gabriel baldinucci

Activist, Entrepreneur, Foodie, Idea generator, Potential employer, World traveler

Gabriel is the Founder and Principal of FNV Studio, a venture studio focused on building new companies with a focus on social impact, platform business models, and B2B and B2C services. Gabriel was previously the Chief Strategy Officer at Singularity University for 7.5 years, where he helped grow the company to 177 cities. Prior to that, he co-founded a company that was acquired by Airbnb and he was also a Vice President on the new ventures team at Sir Richard Branson’s’ Virgin Group. During his five year tenure, Gabriel often worked directly with Mr. Branson and conceived and developed new business opportunities in health & wellness, travel, retail, IT services, and media. He led the early strategy and development of Virgin Voyages. His past experience also includes two years with Goldman Sachs’ Investment Management Division in New York. Gabriel started his entrepreneurial career in high school by founding and successfully selling a local pizza restaurant chain. He has been quoted in Forbes Magazine and his work on entrepreneurship has been published by the Family Office Association. He is personally an investor or advisor for several startup companies and he holds a BA in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

New ideas for solving big problems, currently working on homelessness, creative startups, compelling strategies, pizza, travel, good nightlife, people.

Teaching children during K-12 important life skills such as logic, communication, project planning, etc. so they can be competent adults. Campaign Finance Reform Establishing standards for what media content is allowed to use the word "news" Getting the largest players in a city or region to work together on one, unified plan to address homelessness, instead of fragmented efforts, which is the status quo for many places. Outlawing non-biodegradable, single-use plastics - it shouldn't even be a discussion. Costs don't go up, they just become visible (and it's sustainable).

benefit corporations, family offices, homelessness, nonprofits, platform business models, Startups, venture studios

I have been to TED several times and also to TED Women twice, which was really incredible. I highly recommend everyone to attend that as well!

Dancing, making pizza, rhyming