At the Artic 15 Conference: Exit Path in Helsinki, I describe exit strategies for European technology and life sciences companies. And explain why I believe growing a knowledge-based company in Europe today can be better than building one in Silicon Valley.
Highlights include:
- Why it used to be easier to grow a company in America
- Yes, raising capital in Europe is more challenging and why
- Fortunately, capital is less and less important today
- Technology also makes face-to-face communication less important
- Virtual companies are more competitive
- Today, I believe most of Europe is a better place than Silicon Valley to build a tech or life science company
- It all comes down to where knowledge workers want to live
- Now most companies can be anywhere
- The market for exits (M&A transactions) is global
- Today, exits aren’t really different in Europe