There is a participant of the School's Executive MBA in Business Innovation , Alessia Gloder, at the helm of Astradyne, the startup that won 2 days ago the prestigious "Startup of the Year" award of Premio 2031,, the most important innovation awards platform in Italy and one of the most relevant internationally. Since 2010, seven thousand startups, hundreds of awards and paths, tens of millions of euros of investments with the participation of hundreds of partners involved: these are the numbers of Premio 2031 (formerly Premio Marzotto).
Alessia Gloder received the prestigious award in Turin on the occasion of Italian Tech Week 2023, Italy's most important event on technology and start-ups, whose speakers included Brian Chesky, Co-Founder & CEO Airbnb and Sam Altman, Co-Founder & CEO OpenAI.
Astradyne was recognised as the best early-stage startup, prevailing over competitors in as many as 10 different innovation fields: sports tech, space tech, food tech, mobility, lifestyle, education, deep tech, fintech, climate tech and biotech.
"This is a very important recognition, and it is the result of the daily work of the whole team." Alessia wants to emphasize. "That's why I wanted to dedicate it to the team and partners who support us, without whom our work would not be possible. There is still a lot to do, however, it is a great satisfaction that this hard work has been recognized and valued."
The start-up, founded in 2022 and based in Bari, Italy, realizes solar panels for satellites as its first product, based on a new technology the start-up has developed that integrates rigid-flexible electronics on fabric.
This innovative technology is called FRET (Flexible, Reinforced Electronics with Textile) and reinforces Flex PCBs (flexible printed circuit boards that are too fragile when subjected to high stress) with textile materials, greatly expanding their range of use. Out of this technology came SolarCube, a solar panel that opens like origami and, thanks to a fabric substrate, is up to 30 percent lighter and 50 percent more powerful than current solutions.
This technology paves the way for countless applications in space, from wearable devices to space antennas and beyond...Astrodyne's rise has just begun.
Alessia explains the path the start-up is following, "As far as this first product is concerned, we are moving forward with all the various steps that will lead us to demonstration in 2025 and subsequent market entry. However, we are exploring all the applications of this core technology, which applies not only to space but also to various sectors in both the aeronautical and terrestrial fields."
Alessia Gloder is participating this year in the second edition of the Executive MBA in Business Innovation, the part-time MBA at MIB Trieste School of Management, which combines a solid foundation in General Management with an articulated section dedicated to Business Innovation and welcomes startuppers, managers and researchers to the classroom for a valuable cross-fertilization of skills.
She is clear about the growth path he wants to follow, "I come from a technical background, with some experience in Business Development, Sales and Project Management. My goal is to grow as a person and as a professional, to make the start-up grow as well; undoubtedly I want to develop all the managerial competencies and skills needed for a CEO, and in this, the EMBA in Business Innovation is helping me a lot."
But EMBAIN is a path that develops more than just skills: "The other aspect, which is very interesting to me about this MBA, is that many of the participants are in the start-up world and we are almost all at the same stage of development; so there is a lot of support and sharing of skills and experiences among us. Being able to exchange information, knowledge and experiences with professionals and researchers who are going through the same journey is enormously helpful. This helps a lot, especially in times of difficulty, you understand that small defeats help to achieve big goals. This is a very human and very important aspect, which I want to emphasize alongside the acquisition of skills typical of an MBA."
Alessia Gloder received the prestigious award in Turin on the occasion of Italian Tech Week 2023, Italy's most important event on technology and start-ups, whose speakers included Brian Chesky, Co-Founder & CEO Airbnb and Sam Altman, Co-Founder & CEO OpenAI.
Astradyne was recognised as the best early-stage startup, prevailing over competitors in as many as 10 different innovation fields: sports tech, space tech, food tech, mobility, lifestyle, education, deep tech, fintech, climate tech and biotech.
"This is a very important recognition, and it is the result of the daily work of the whole team." Alessia wants to emphasize. "That's why I wanted to dedicate it to the team and partners who support us, without whom our work would not be possible. There is still a lot to do, however, it is a great satisfaction that this hard work has been recognized and valued."
The start-up, founded in 2022 and based in Bari, Italy, realizes solar panels for satellites as its first product, based on a new technology the start-up has developed that integrates rigid-flexible electronics on fabric.
This innovative technology is called FRET (Flexible, Reinforced Electronics with Textile) and reinforces Flex PCBs (flexible printed circuit boards that are too fragile when subjected to high stress) with textile materials, greatly expanding their range of use. Out of this technology came SolarCube, a solar panel that opens like origami and, thanks to a fabric substrate, is up to 30 percent lighter and 50 percent more powerful than current solutions.
This technology paves the way for countless applications in space, from wearable devices to space antennas and beyond...Astrodyne's rise has just begun.
Alessia explains the path the start-up is following, "As far as this first product is concerned, we are moving forward with all the various steps that will lead us to demonstration in 2025 and subsequent market entry. However, we are exploring all the applications of this core technology, which applies not only to space but also to various sectors in both the aeronautical and terrestrial fields."
Alessia Gloder is participating this year in the second edition of the Executive MBA in Business Innovation, the part-time MBA at MIB Trieste School of Management, which combines a solid foundation in General Management with an articulated section dedicated to Business Innovation and welcomes startuppers, managers and researchers to the classroom for a valuable cross-fertilization of skills.
She is clear about the growth path he wants to follow, "I come from a technical background, with some experience in Business Development, Sales and Project Management. My goal is to grow as a person and as a professional, to make the start-up grow as well; undoubtedly I want to develop all the managerial competencies and skills needed for a CEO, and in this, the EMBA in Business Innovation is helping me a lot."
But EMBAIN is a path that develops more than just skills: "The other aspect, which is very interesting to me about this MBA, is that many of the participants are in the start-up world and we are almost all at the same stage of development; so there is a lot of support and sharing of skills and experiences among us. Being able to exchange information, knowledge and experiences with professionals and researchers who are going through the same journey is enormously helpful. This helps a lot, especially in times of difficulty, you understand that small defeats help to achieve big goals. This is a very human and very important aspect, which I want to emphasize alongside the acquisition of skills typical of an MBA."
