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The Di Sciullo Family
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efore launching Generative
after earning postgraduate degrees
Mind,
from the University of Waterloo and
Anna
Maria
and
Vincent spent years learning
the London School of Economics.
to be mother and child. How
many other startup co-founders can
Anna
Maria
created
the
main
claim to have that amount of team
IP used by Generative Mind in a
practice?
previous company with which the
mother and son were involved.
When
relationships
with
co-
Based
on
their
participation
in
founders are severed, they can
previous ventures, the limitations
create a mess. Friends become
they observed, exposure to various
bitter rivals; companies drown in
cycles
their
and
interpersonal
currents.
But
of
success
gaining
and
essential
failure,
business
as a mother and child, there is no
experience, the two concluded that
“separation”:
cannot
founding Generative Mind was the
be erased or rewritten like a USB
natural next step. It was then that
stick. For Anna Maria and Vincent
Anna Maria & Vincent decided to do
Di Sciullo, it’s a dynamic that has
justice to the knowledge they had
worked.
accumulated and the opportunities
the
blood
they had envisioned and shed light
on their family’s continued success
DEEP ROOTED INFLUENCE
Entrepreneurship
runs
deep
in North America.
within the Di Sciullo family. At the
beginning of the 20th century,
Anna Maria’s grandfather founded
a construction company to develop
roads and bridges in South-East
“Every milestone we attain
is inextricably linked to
our family’s legacy.”
Italy, enjoying considerable success
for
two
generations.
VINCENT DI SCIULLO
Without
the constant dedication of Anna
Maria’s grandfather and the great
adversities
he
overcame,
he
wouldn’t have reached the goals
that
ended
up
exceeding
their
family’s expectations.
A
family
lineage
rich
in
the Di Sciullo family demonstrates
that large companies require vision,
concentration and determination.
This influenced the mother and son
duo to found Generative Mind.
scientific
and
modus operandi of the Di Sciullo
family (Latin: “operating method”).
listened to his mother, Anna Maria,
conduct talks around the world
and developed a taste for the
science of language and the various
implement
Fellow of the Royal Society, various
publications of MIT press books,
international
conferences
and
awards received by the Canadian
and
Quebec
governments
have
been defining moments.
All these key events were stepping
During his youth, Vincent Di Sciullo
that
Maria’s
In academia, her nomination as a
entrepreneurial history like that of
technologies
Anna
technological career falls within the
it.
But his natural business skills were
stones
that
contributed
to
the
vitality and success of the Di Sciullo
family. Anna Maria says “Generative
Mind’s achievements shine a bright
light on our family’s ongoing success
in North America.”
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sharpened by his academic career
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