Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Europa
Summary
This week’s TechCrunch 50 conference in San Francisco brought together a number of threads and stories which have been kicking around the back of my mind for while. But many startups wring their hands about the issue and outside of trying to get a post in TechCrunch, it’s tough to get traction unless you have something which is innately viral. Watch my interview with them and witness how, towards the end of the video CEO Joe Drumgoole almost goes into an fit of ecstasy when I ask him whether attending TechCrunch 50 had been worthwhile. But increasingly it’s clear to me that, if you are in the consumer applications space, you simply cannot afford not to launch specifically your startup at or literally in the US. But while here in San Francisco I’ve also come across European VCs who are simply not spending their money on consumer propositions in Europe.