Giovanni Soldini and Maserati’s team sailed from New York to San Francisco crossing Cape Horn in a record time of  47 days!

Soldini and a crew of eight sailors left New York December 31, 2012 aboard Maserati, to challenge the New York-San Francisco record. The…

Are you an Italian citizen residing abroad? Here are some tips on how to vote (from the Consul General of Italy in SF).

An important message to all Italian residents of northern California, Washington State, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Johnson Atoll, Wake Island and the Midway Islands: On 24-25 February 2013 Italians will vote for their representatives in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate…

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On behalf of the Consulate General of the United States, BAIA publishes an election reminder to America Citizens living abroad.

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REMEMBER TO VOTE!

Absentee Voter Week

September 27- October 4, 2012

Dear American Citizens,

Please remember to submit your ballots as soon as possible after…

Curious about BAIA? Visiting San Francisco? Want to talk with BAIA volunteers and board members?

It is that time of the year and we know that many visitors from Italy take advantage of their vacation time to visit San Francisco and maybe learn more about BAIA. BAIA has already several occasions for anyone to come in contact with the BAIA Community, especially through our events, but to make it even easier for folks to connect with BAIA and learn more about its organization we have…

We at BAIA are pleased to announce our new office location: 625 2^nd Street, San Francisco 94107 in SOMA’s newest co-working space the Hatchery.

Along with several start-ups, established firms, and non-profits, BAIA has chosen the Hatchery due to its great amenities. We are grateful to the Hatchery for graciously making this space available to us as a sign of their…

Verbal Ink is a Transcription and Translation company, currently developing multiple language services and we are interested in hiring Italian Transcriptionists – Translators to become part of our team. 



For this reason, we wanted to reach out to you as this could be something of interest to the members of this community. This could be a great opportunity for someone seeking a freelance position where they can apply their or Italian language skills and work from…

BAIA, BAIAbase and Mind the Bridge were recently featured on "Italia chiama Italia", the daily TV segment on RAI Internazionale focused on Italians living abroad and their activities. The episode, featuring reporting from Silicon Valley by…

As we all know from Google, "search is simple: just type whatever comes to mind in the search box and hit Enter.” However, at times, we require a more personalized and specific search. On BAIAbase, the first business database mapping Italy-US trade, our Advanced Search…

Every week on BAIAbase, the first business database mapping Italy-US trade, companies are being added. In fact, anyone can add a company that meets the criteria (for example an Italian company operating in the US or an American one operating in Italy).

As the number of companies increase, we consider it is important for you, the ultimate user…

This year BAIA celebrates its 5-year anniversary!

We are all inspired and amazed by the efforts and enormous amount of volunteering hours donated by each past and current BAIA team member. They all have contributed to the production and success of our year-round events and projects, they have built our online community and services and most recently have built BAIAbase, the open…

What is BAIAbase?

BAIAbase is a web-based, public, open, editable database of companies that have a direct Italy-USA business connection. BAIA is a service designed and built by BAIA, Business Association Italy America. You can find an overview presentation of BAIAbase Beta here.

What kind of companies can I find on BAIAbase?

You can find…

 

How many Italian companies are active in Silicon Valley? How can I find updated contact information for American branches of Italian fashion companies? Is there a list of businesses that can help an Italian company export and market its products in the USA?

Finding an answer to this sort of questions has typically not been easy. Today, this is about to change. BAIA, Business Association…

Many BAIA Link members have been asking how they can get notified by email when someone posts a new discussion on BAIA Link. Fortunately:

a) you can CHOOSE to be notified

b) you are in complete control (nobody can change the setting for you)

c) you can turn notifications OFF at any time

Here's how to set notifications ON:

1) Sign in into BAIA Link with your username and password (or use Facebook or…