Technology and product executive in iGaming, and an active startup investor — building digital platforms and backing founders as they start and scale their companies.https://marco-zucco.com/enhttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/building-the-team-behind-the-platform/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/building-the-team-behind-the-platform/A platform is only as reliable as the team and the habits behind it. On building the people side of engineering at scale.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/welcome/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/welcome/Marco Zucco on the focus of this blog — leadership, managing people, and putting AI to work in real business processes.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-pressure-reveals-about-a-team/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-pressure-reveals-about-a-team/Stress doesn't change a team — it shows you what was already there. On using hard moments to read an organisation honestly.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-reliability-costs-at-scale/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-reliability-costs-at-scale/Every nine of uptime is paid for somewhere. In a high-traffic, regulated platform, pretending otherwise is how you end up paying more.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/delegation-is-a-system/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/delegation-is-a-system/Most delegation fails because it's treated as handing off a task. Real delegation transfers ownership — and that's a different discipline.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/architecture-decisions-that-age-well/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/architecture-decisions-that-age-well/Some technical choices get cheaper over time and some quietly compound into debt. Telling them apart early is most of the job.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-i-look-for-before-backing-a-founder/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-i-look-for-before-backing-a-founder/Investing early is mostly a bet on people. On the founder qualities I weigh most before putting capital and time behind a company.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/putting-claude-to-work-playbook/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/putting-claude-to-work-playbook/Moving past chatbot demos. How we actually embed Claude into everyday business processes, and the rules that keep it useful.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/designing-for-the-failure-case/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/designing-for-the-failure-case/Most systems are built for the day everything works. The ones that survive are built for the day something doesn't.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/hiring-for-judgment/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/hiring-for-judgment/Skills tell you what someone can do today. Judgment tells you what they'll do when the situation isn't in the playbook. On hiring for the latter.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/the-quiet-cost-of-unclear-ownership/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/the-quiet-cost-of-unclear-ownership/When everyone is responsible, no one is. On the slow, invisible damage that ambiguous ownership does to an organisation.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/ai-wont-fix-a-broken-process/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/ai-wont-fix-a-broken-process/Automating a bad process just lets you do the wrong thing faster. Why AI rewards clarity and punishes mess.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/one-on-ones-that-move-things/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/one-on-ones-that-move-things/Most one-on-ones are status updates in disguise. How to turn them into the highest-leverage half hour on your calendar.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-claudes-newest-models-changed/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-claudes-newest-models-changed/The latest Claude models aren't just better at answering — they're better at doing. A practical look at what agentic capability changes for a team.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/leadership-under-load/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/leadership-under-load/Waiting for certainty is itself a decision. On making good calls when you'll never have all the facts in time.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-breaks-when-a-startup-scales/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/what-breaks-when-a-startup-scales/Scaling rarely fails on the product. It fails on the things that worked informally and quietly stop working. On helping founders make the jump.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/building-an-ai-literate-team/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/building-an-ai-literate-team/The advantage isn't access to AI — everyone has that. It's a team that knows how to use it well, and when not to. On building real AI literacy.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/from-prompts-to-processes/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/from-prompts-to-processes/A clever prompt is a party trick. Lasting value comes from building AI into a workflow that runs without you. On making the jump.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/culture-is-what-you-tolerate/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/culture-is-what-you-tolerate/Culture isn't your values on a wall — it's the worst behaviour you're willing to walk past. On what actually shapes how a team behaves.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://marco-zucco.com/blog/feedback-that-lands/https://marco-zucco.com/blog/feedback-that-lands/Most feedback fails not because it's wrong, but because of how and when it's delivered. On giving the hard message so it actually helps.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT