Thanks Nicolas. A really good piece. I agree that Europe needs to use its landscape to position itself better. We will always be decentralised and speak multiple languages.
But we also have a huge population that lives close to one another and can consume and create great wealth. I think the PE play is a good one to start but it won't go far enough. We need to create companies of 500B (new word Frillion) in Europe and that won't come from PE.
We need to use our industrial past and information age "present" information to build a vertical integrated led future. We must be determined to scale companies to that size and value that serve Europe (and other markets) and solve Humanity Level Problems.
PS: I could not agree more on accelerators being the last brick you lay down when building an ecosystem!
(Indeed, when it comes to accelerators, I only realise now you can use this simple image: you can't accelerate if the road hasn't been built and clearly signposted yet.)
Thanks Nicolas. A really good piece. I agree that Europe needs to use its landscape to position itself better. We will always be decentralised and speak multiple languages.
But we also have a huge population that lives close to one another and can consume and create great wealth. I think the PE play is a good one to start but it won't go far enough. We need to create companies of 500B (new word Frillion) in Europe and that won't come from PE.
We need to use our industrial past and information age "present" information to build a vertical integrated led future. We must be determined to scale companies to that size and value that serve Europe (and other markets) and solve Humanity Level Problems.
PS: I could not agree more on accelerators being the last brick you lay down when building an ecosystem!
Thanks, Colin, for your comment!
(Indeed, when it comes to accelerators, I only realise now you can use this simple image: you can't accelerate if the road hasn't been built and clearly signposted yet.)