Riccardo Maiolini serves as an Associate Professor of Business Administration and the Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship (IFE) at John Cabot University's Frank J. Guarini School of Business in Rome, in addition to holding a Research Fellowship at AICCON. Specialized in the study of entrepreneurial ecosystems and orchestration processes, and crowdfunding, he is widely acknowledged as an expert in social innovation and startup business models. He also engages in the field of venture capital as an Investment Manager for LA4G, a philanthropy-oriented alumni club at LUISS University.