Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. Not in Europe or South Korea. How do you define yourself? In California.

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Startup San Diego 337

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

My name is Eric Ries. Sal Khan : My name is Sal Khan. Sal Khan : If you go back to mid-February, it sounds like the world was very different then, but it was in mid-February that we started seeing traffic pickup in China and South Korea. Sal Khan : first cases of community spread. I'm the Founder of Khan Academy.

California 60

California Silicon Valley Framework China 60

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

His name is Tomas Pueyo. He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. Tomas Pueyo : Yeah, I started figuring out it was going to happen around the middle of February, and I was waiting for the cases to really start appearing in Silicon Valley. What did South Korea do? It's around 0.13%.

South Korea 114

South Korea Silicon Valley Sweden Italy 114