In France, where the posted initiative originates, there is a weird obsession among mainstream startups of getting partnerships with big companies ASAP. As if t

In France, where the posted initiative originates, there is a weird obsession among mainstream startups of getting partnerships with big companies ASAP. As if that can help with product-market fit or customer dev. It's as if startups are all about bizdev hounding corporate partnerships, for something akin to validation. That's why, IMO, there are so few successful B2C/consumer products startups coming from France. Besides, of course, the usual reasons, the huge brain drain to SV, wrong mythology, lack of funding, stifling regulation. The hounding for partnerships sometimes finishes in a pity acquihire with a tiny ROI.