Van de Poll says Dutch culture's fear of failure slows startup learning
Vincent Vanderpool · Secret Art of Getting Your Product Into Walmart with Vincent van de Poll of GROM · Jan 21, 2016 · at 14:15
Vincent van de Poll, co-founder of Grom, compares the entrepreneurial mindset in Silicon Valley to the culture in the Netherlands.
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“Yeah, the Dutch culture is sort of the opposite, you know, make sure that you never fail. So learning goes a lot slower there, I think.”
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