Rauch: Argentina's culture of pessimism stifles innovation despite high talent
Guillermo Rauch · Ep 61: High School Dropout to Billion-Dollar Startup; the Story of Guillermo Rauch & Vercel · Joe Lonsdale · Jun 11, 2023 · at 40:35
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch and host Joe Lonsdale discuss cultural attitudes toward building companies, comparing Argentine cynicism with American optimism.
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“The reality is that Argentina as a culture has this pessimism built into it. There's this great quote of like, pessimism makes you sound smart. And frankly, there's a lot of extremely smart, creative people. There's all this, like, cultural intermix in Argentina. There's, like, beautiful architectures, all these awesome things. You would think, well, that's the perfect place to birth innovation and positivity, but in practice, it's not.”
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