[throwaway45834]

there is no european startup scene* - if you are mark zuckerberg and building something that you intend to scale to every single person on earth, every single person you meet will look at you like you have two heads or something.

europeans write essays like tihs - https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3972-reconsider

that is literally a european essay urging you to reconsider.

* obviously they use the word, they just mean something different by it. i'm cmparing it with s.v.

[pavlov]

I find it only positive that there's a European startup scene that tries to do things differently from Silicon Valley.

If you want to do the unicorn chasing thing, it makes sense to go to San Francisco. Places like Berlin, Madrid or Helsinki each need to have something unique to offer; there's no point in being a cheap imitation of the California dream.

[ecthiender]

Perfect. I think you nailed it. Posts claiming that European startup scene is bad is only looking for unicorn chasing. I just don't think it's a healthy, organic way of building a sustainable company.

I think more startups should stop imitating the SV culture and come up with their own way of doing business.

[kuschku]

Well, people often are more okay with slow growth.

If you want explosive, unaffordable worldwide risky growth, Europe might just not be the right place.