Eugenio Ferrante is the co-founder and CEO of Casa Mia Coliving, a tech-enabled, sustainable co-living community and property management company that offers affordable, modern, move-in-ready accommodation. 

The company raised $1.3M in seed funding in 2022. 

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👋🏼 How would you explain your job to someone outside tech?

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Casa Mia Coliving. We make it easy for young professional expats to move to Singapore, by offering affordable, modern, move-in ready accommodation. 

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🧐 What's something about you or your job that would surprise us?

The amount of time we spend together as a team to talk about what’s happening in some of our homes, whether something is a real issue or a piece of gossip.

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🏆 What has been the biggest highlight of your career so far?

I had the amazing opportunity to see the world—and I did not have to join the Navy! 

One of my former bosses, during an interview, looked at my resume and asked me if I was “a professional at moving around the world”. 

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🔍 What's a startup trend or space you're watching this year?‍

WeWork…people draw a lot of similarities between coliving and coworking (some for good reasons, some not so much). 

Plus our office is there, so we have a vested interest in seeing how the restructuring goes.

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💼 What advice would you give someone starting out in your industry? 

Get in now, it’s a good time! 

There is a massive opportunity in the flexible living space and as in any nascent industry, it’s not clear yet who is going to get the largest share of the profit pool—asset owners, operators, platforms (like marketplaces or software providers), and other service providers are all bound to benefit from this opportunity. 

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🗣 What's one thing you can keep talking about for hours? 

Besides discussing why coliving is the perfect solution for young professionals that are keen on living and working across the globe? Formula One. 

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I was a fan as a kid and it’s been great to enjoy a resurgence of the sport in the last few years.

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🎥 What's your favorite movie/TV show? 

The Godfather for movies and Entourage for TV shows.

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🍨 What's your go-to ice cream flavor?‍

Gelato you mean? Too hard to pick just one flavor between all the Italian classics…hazelnut, pistachio, chocolate.

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FYI. We've edited this interview for clarity.