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“We have more American bank headquarters here in London than in New York.”

“Which it just re-got again from New York this year.”

“I think in America, I can say it because I'm American, it's really easy to just think that American, America's all there is, because it's dominant force. It's where a lot of, you know, dominant force in culture and technology, and it's easy to just think about…”

“And similarly, I think the reason why there's so many culture related startups in London is because that's a very London thing about fashion and, you know, media and music as well. I think there's a lot more startups in London focusing on those problems as opp…”

“Technology is, it's probably the technology hub for Europe and for the startup scene, but it's the regional hub for a bunch of other industries, especially industries that are being changed by technology, advertising, finance, the list is long, and I actually …”

“You know, there isn't a big enough tech ecosystem that you can that you can serve that community alone.”

“I think a person in Shanghai feels a lot closer to the person culturally, kind of what their day-to-day needs are to a person in New York or San Francisco or London or Berlin versus kind of maybe even the rest of China or rest of India or so forth.”

“Our founders are saying, let me launch immediately in London, Berlin, maybe even in New York, actually. So they're really going after urban spread rather than any kind of geographical bias.”

“Childcare is, is kind of impossible in the UK market in London, and somehow it doesn't fall on my husband. It somehow falls on me to kind of think about that, right?”

“I saw companies from Africa, from the Middle East and Southeast Asia that started, you know, day one going to London and started going to Different parts of the world. And I was skeptical of it at the time. And in hindsight, I I'm proven right. Right. Because …”

“Yeah. I mean, there's just so much development happening here and like we learn so much from our peers. Right. Everyone is facing similar problems. Right. And then the rate at which we can accelerate by kind of being in this Mecca, having you know, this collec…”