Innovation & Growth Advisor
Andrea Salomone
andrea@salomone.iosalomone.ioLinkedIn
Trilingual innovation and growth advisor with a Finance degree and hands-on experience across startups, Web3 and DeFi, and AI — with a track record of finding product-market fit fast.
Experience
Salomone.io
2026 — Present
Founder
Independent practice for Web3 growth, product, and advisory.
BasedBot
2026 — Present
Growth Advisor
Drove 5M in routed volume from zero in two weeks.
Hodlie
2023 — 2025
Product & DeFi Advisor
Advised an AI-driven DeFi venture from idea toward product-market fit.
Reasoned Art
2021 — 2024
Chief Marketing Officer
Led growth for Italy's first contemporary digital-art and NFT startup.
The Italian Digital Agency
2020 — 2022
Founder & CEO
Digital agency for Italian SMEs; 30+ clients under management.
Orbit Interactive
2019 — 2020
Marketing Manager
National and international digital campaigns, Miami.
Earlier: CEO at Wordei Inc (Miami), Marketing Analyst at That Vibe, freelance translator (IT/EN/ES), and Finance Tutor & Spanish Professor Assistant at Ave Maria University.
Education
Ave Maria University
2015 — 2019
Bachelor of Arts in Finance · Minor in Spanish
Dean's List (2016, 2017, 2018)
Harvard University
In progress
CS50x — Introduction to Computer Science
Skills
- Innovation & Strategy
- Go-to-market strategy, product-market fit, growth strategy, AI-driven products, startup operating and advisory
- Web3 & DeFi
- Multi-chain DeFi (EVM, Solana, Bitcoin, Cosmos), liquidity, staking & restaking, on-chain trading, tokenomics, wallet security
- Growth & Marketing
- Brand partnerships, campaigns, communications, paid acquisition, community building, analytics, SEO
Languages
- ItalianNative
- EnglishAcademic & Professional
- SpanishVery Fluent
Recognition
- Top 333 Web3 Voices on LinkedIn
- Premio ANGI 2021 — Oscar dell'Innovazione