Employees gather for a chat on the premises of a bicycle courier company Eadessopedala in Rome. Eadessopedala (And Now Pedals), which was founded in 2008 by Hungarian businessman Tomas-Laszlo Simon, currently has an annual turnover of about $130,300 and employs 12 Italians. According to a poll, small businesses led by foreigners employ some 70,000 people in Italy.