European startups

“But once these distribution platforms became global, you know, the playing field completely changed, right? You put your app on top of the app store. It doesn't make a difference where you come from. You're going to get users all over the world. And Angry Bird…”

“For example, in Europe, going international, you have to think that about that since day one, right? Because each individual market is just not big enough to build a generational company.”

“Some of the companies we've invested in Here are actually not serving the local market. So one of them is a company that sells into banks globally. One of them actually sells primarily in India. And then we have a couple that actually none serve just the local…”

“We just honestly like vacation a little bit too much. We like coming home at five with the kids. Like we're starting to have other things that are other benefits, right? Because I mean, like, look, the very best people in the world in, in say AI or engineering…”

“If the gross capital is always provided from the US, then basically you are abolishing your own sovereignty at that stage already again, because then you have the influence in the boards, which then comes from the big investors, which might have at some point …”

“More capital for deep tech investment. Look at encouraging entrepreneurship. Look at reducing the regulatory burden. And I think the way we do government purchasing decisions, whether it's in defense or other areas, the government should be the biggest custome…”

“And that's why your European startups, most of them are going to fail at least in the U S because they can't do much more with more, right? They're going to fail. Their little point solutions are just going to disappear in six months. We don't need those littl…”