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Re:Italy gets its first unicorn as Scalapay raises $497M fro... by kome on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:09AM (#30453390)
true. YOOX is totally a unicorn.

and before the boom: tiscali.

Re:Italy gets its first unicorn as Scalapay raises $497M fro... by lnxg33k1 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:17AM (#30453443)
As italian with a direct experience both times with it, I think Tiscali is an order of magnitude better now than when it was a unicorn, maybe these investements require profits so that companies need to cut on quality?
Re:Italy gets its first unicorn as Scalapay raises $497M fro... by kome on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:57AM (#30453725)
sorry if i'm totally misinformed, but isn't tiscali on the verge of bankruptcy? the stock looks really really bad: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TIS.MI/
Re:Italy gets its first unicorn as Scalapay raises $497M fro... by lnxg33k1 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:56AM (#30455414)
I wasn't aware of that, I was speaking as a user, maybe they're having an hard time to re-conquer customer's trust, but right now their connection is quite stable and fast