Brand: Stigma around startup failure is holding Europe and Germany back
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Florian Brand and Nikhil Kamath discuss regional and cultural attitudes toward startup failure.
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“I think that is currently in Europe, but also in Germany, a big, big thing that holds Europe back, you know, the willingness to Start and fail. kind of try again. There's a huge cultural stigma.”
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