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...that wanted to enter The US market. So I did that for a few years, but that really exposed me to the whole startup world, realized that I really liked it. This is where I wanted to kind of be spending my time. It was more my pace, my energy level, an
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...startups that wanted to enter The US market. So I did that for a few years, but that really exposed me to the whole startup world,
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...stage startup, they're very, very open to that. So our companies are just getting to revenue. You know, they're making, they're getting to a 100 to 500 k of of ARR within the first, you know, six weeks of of getting here, which is which is kind of in
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...a certain startup now, even in Brisbane, Australia, and it feels like I've stepped into San Francisco.
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...is Silicon Valley. That's true, especially when you're talking about SaaS and AI. But that's not always true. There are really, really strong ecosystems for STEM businesses and deep tech businesses that are not the Valley. So outside of Los Angeles,
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There's other immigrants here. Founders we look at are immigrants, more and more founders. And so I started wondering what happens if the world becomes globalized? They're gonna go home and I thought of NEA's offices with posters from India companies
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is, you're gonna take chances. You're gonna take risks, and talent can come from anywhere. So one of the things I learned so early on was the talented people were in Los Angeles, New York. And the talented people I knew in San Francisco were not from
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Yeah. And so I'd say we in Europe, that is not the case, but we don't have to talk to the parents. The parents are much more relaxed. In The US, there is a better understanding about being a founder as an aspirational career path, but we do spend a l
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But you're getting it from MIT, and you're getting it from Georgia Tech, and you're getting it from Carnegie Mellon, and you're getting it from University of Texas, and you're getting it from all the schools in Salt Lake City area. So it's not limite
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what most startup culture is aspiring to be. I think often without knowing it, I mean, everything from the sort of posters on the walls with your mantras and your values to almost having, like, an employment brand that you really care about cultivati
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...movement. So, Steve Blank and Eric Ries created this methodology called lean startup. He's an entrepreneur, and he's just really awesome. And he created this methodology along with Eric Ries. Eric Ries wrote the book, lean startup. And you want to cr
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They might go to Facebook Marketplace. They might type in, you know, electric bikes and wind up on a Reddit page. Mhmm. They might talk to their friends. They might go to a Facebook group of DoorDashers in New York. These are small niche communities,
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start and then just go straight to The US and and build massive companies. We've had other founders just not worry about it until much later down the line. And we've had other founders who have really focused on building their product correctly in th
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here in New York City. And my natural recommendation is that I think New York is the best place for European founders to enter The US market, both from a cultural perspective, but also here in New York. I say, like, we are the second biggest tech eco
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...startup garages for all the early companies, was because in California, there are these garages that are warm enough most of the year that you can actually work in them. And there's sort of this extra cheap space that is attached to a lot of people's
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