Switzerland

8 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Apr 2, 2015 by Marc Bernegger · said 53 times in 23 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Fabrice Grinda (11), David Allemann (8), Mario Schlosser (3), Johannes Reck (3), Harry Stebbings (3), Guillermo Rauch (3), David Marcus (3), Danny Rimer (3)

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Everything said about Switzerland, oldest first

Apr 2, 2015 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Swiss fintech will compete directly with the UK by 2017
“But I mean, it looks promising that we will accelerate and hopefully, I would say in two years from now can catch up and compete directly to first movers like the UK, for example.”
Marc Bernegger Apr 2, 2015 ▶ 14:02 20 VC 024: Financing Finch with Marc Bernegger of Orange Growth Capital
Sep 22, 2017
Assertion Supported
Schlosser: US spends 18% of GDP on healthcare versus 10% elsewhere
“The U.S. Spends about 18% of GDP on healthcare. You know, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, other rich countries in the world spend maybe 10, 11% on healthcare, and those countries, by the way, tend to not have single-payer systems either.”
Mario Schlosser Sep 22, 2017 ▶ 3:58 20VC: Raising Over $700m From The World's Best Investors, How To Innovate In Highly Regulated Markets & The 3 Superpowers of Insurance Companies with Mario Schlosser, Founder & CEO @ Oscar
Sep 22, 2017 bearish
What-if
Schlosser: Matching foreign healthcare efficiency would save the US $1 trillion annually
“If we became merely as efficient as, say, Switzerland is, or Germany is, or Japan is in delivering healthcare, we would save a trillion dollars a year In the US.”
Mario Schlosser Sep 22, 2017 ▶ 7:50 20VC: Raising Over $700m From The World's Best Investors, How To Innovate In Highly Regulated Markets & The 3 Superpowers of Insurance Companies with Mario Schlosser, Founder & CEO @ Oscar
May 9, 2022 bearish
Opinion
Grinda: Switzerland Is a House of Cards That Could Default
“Last year, as I was thinking through what are safe havens for cash, I was thinking of putting a lot of my cash in Swiss francs in Switzerland. And I did an analysis, and I realized, and I actually came to the conclusion that it's the opposite. I think Switzerl…”
Fabrice Grinda May 9, 2022 ▶ 35:15 20VC: WTF Is Going On? 3 Outcomes for What Could Happen From Here; What Needs to Happen To Avoid Recession? Why Stagnation is Most Likely and What This Means for Startups and Venture & Why Catastrophe is More Likely Than Ever and Switzerland Could Be a "H
May 9, 2022 bearish
Opinion
Grinda: UBS and Credit Suisse Are Too Big for Switzerland to Bail Out
“They're too big to bail. So it's not too big to fail. They're too big to bail. They're so big, the Swiss government does not have the underwriting power to underwrite it. And I could see them failing and bringing down Switzerland with them.”
Fabrice Grinda May 9, 2022 ▶ 36:44 20VC: WTF Is Going On? 3 Outcomes for What Could Happen From Here; What Needs to Happen To Avoid Recession? Why Stagnation is Most Likely and What This Means for Startups and Venture & Why Catastrophe is More Likely Than Ever and Switzerland Could Be a "H
May 21, 2022 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Fabrice Grinda predicts UBS and Credit Suisse are too big to bail
“They're too big to bail. So it's not too big to fail. They're too big to bail. They're so big. They're bigger, the Swiss government does not have the underwriting power to underwrite it, and I could see them failing and bringing down Switzerland with them, and…”
Fabrice Grinda May 21, 2022 ▶ 42:54 Fabrice Grinda: The First Person to Predict the Collapse of Credit Suisse? | 20VC #886 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 15, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LeCun: Switzerland is the only European nation matching US academic jobs
“The only European countries that can rival country that rival the US in terms of the quality of job for an academic or a scientist is Switzerland.”
Yann LeCun May 15, 2023 ▶ 56:54 Yann LeCun: Meta’s New AI Model LLaMA; Why Elon is Wrong about AI; Open-source AI Models | E1014 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 31, 2023 negative
Insight
Allemann: Living in safe, wealthy countries can inhibit entrepreneurial risk-taking
“If you're coming out of Switzerland, you're coming out of one of the richest, safest places on the planet. And that sometimes can be an inhibitor because then you're in such a safe place that you probably don't take risks anymore.”
David Allemann May 31, 2023 ▶ 7:26 David Allemann: How I founded On Running; Working with Roger Federer; Brand Marketing Tips | E1021 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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