Canada

“This probably is in the sector, but I think Canada for the last two years deserves full credit for just really slaying it. I think it's an indication of how important cost of living is to young companies getting their start. And Canada as a country is just fro…”

“Like, so I do some angel investing almost exclusively, actually exclusively in Canada when I think about it. And my test is a little, little more straightforward than that. It's the people. And I almost don't care what the market looks like. And I almost don't…”

“And biggest challenge I would say is lack of executive talent. There are very, very few people in Canada that have scaled businesses past a hundred million dollars. And as a result of that, it's challenging to build a business that scales to that degree becaus…”

“Their entire approach is off. Right. So it's just completely off. And so the right approach is what we see everywhere, what we see in Canada and in Europe and in UK where parliament or legislatures work, work to put in place proper laws.”

“With the transgender stuff, the things that, the issue that I think is really wrong is basically how we're handling transgender issues in schools, and the idea that, like, schools don't need to report to parents You know, if a twelve-year-old child says they'r…”

“If I look at most software companies, you're probably Two thirds kind of US Canada in terms of revenue contribution and then one third everything else.”

“So I think there's a lot of companies in Canada and around the world that are interested in working with non-American tech companies. And I would say that's been an asset for us, right?”

“Yeah. Maybe north of the border.”

“We spend 14,000 14,000 per capita per year on patients in the U.S. So that, that's like a rough spend. That's two to three, two and a half to three, like Germany and Canada spent as an example.”

“60% of people, more than 60, I think the numbers have gone up since, and people think that the United States is the largest risk to Canada, like, much larger than, like, Russia or China would be.”

“I think Canadians massively overfit to niceness. Like it's kind of a best thing and a worst thing in a country is like to prioritize niceness. Because it's like, I mean, it's certainly pleasant, but the problem is it leads to unkind lies, right? Like it's like…”

“There's been one winning strategy in Canada's history which is win by helping America win.”

“Ryan, who joined from Canada, we have a team of people joining from Canada, they're all moving to Sweden, and he vibe coded an app to help everyone migrate. So like very specifically, if you're Canadian, these are like all the laws and all the steps you take, …”