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Americans

also referred to as: american

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 15, 2019 by Fred Destin · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Jan 15, 2019 positive
Opinion
Destin: Americans Outperform Other Founders by Thinking Bigger
“And this is where the Americans are so much better than anybody else because they've lived it.”
Fred Destin Jan 15, 2019 ▶ 6:58 20VC: Stride's Fred Destin on The Acceptable vs Non-Acceptable Risks When Investing, How Startup Founders Can Improve The Quality of Their Decision-Making and Must Play for Batting Average & Why Plans Do Not Matter and No Board Member Should Bash An Entre
Oct 11, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Carlson: 64 million Americans need reskilling to access middle-class jobs
“There's sixty-four million Americans who need to rescale or upscale in order to have a chance at being a middle-class earner in the economy”
Rachel Carlson Oct 11, 2019 ▶ 31:11 20VC: Guild Education's Rachel Carlson on The Benefits of Scaling Startups Outside of Silicon Valley, Why Mission and Margin Are So Tightly Integrated & Why Mums Are The Most Under-Utilised Asset In The Economy
May 13, 2024
Opinion
Blomfield: US-Europe startup gap is optimism and ambition, not work ethic
“I really don't think it's a work ethic question at all. I think there are other big differences. I think the big difference is one of, like, positivity, optimism, and ambition.”
Tom Blomfield May 13, 2024 ▶ 14:14 Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025 neutral
Opinion
European Founders Project Less Ambition Than US Peers, but Businesses Compete Equally
“I'd say an average. Yes. When you speak to not only Americans also, I know you go to Tel Aviv, you also feel that that, that, that just feel smaller. And then you look at the business you have and they have not nothing to envy.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 20:03 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 26, 2025 positive
Opinion
Gibson: European tech workers have the drive to match American work ethic
“From the people that I work with, we certainly work very hard in Europe. So no, I think there is the drive, and there is the desire there to work just as hard as our Americans.”
James Gibson Sep 26, 2025 ▶ 47:48 20Product: Revolut Business $1BN Revenue: Five of the Biggest Product Lessons | How Revolut Structures Product and Design Teams | How Revolut Experiments and Invests in New Product Bets | How Revolut Ships Product So Fast with James Gibson
Jan 5, 2026 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Chang: Americans consume almost eight times more energy than Europeans
“The Americans use, you know, almost eight times more energy than Europeans and look at the quality of life.”
Alan Chang Jan 5, 2026 ▶ 17:01 Fuse CEO Alan Chang: The Revolut Playbook of Speed & Ownership, Why Founders Aren’t Ambitious Enough · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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