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"There's no CEO/CTO either, they are sitting idle out of sight collecting money never interacting with the company or any employee." -> Could you elaborate this

• user5994461 6y ago
  In the US startup world, CEO/CTO are those who built the company from scratch up, growing the company and selecting the first hundred employees up to where it is today (billions of dollars with unicorns). It's a symbol, in many ways, more than can be described in a sentence. In large US companies, they're more a public figure and who negotiate large contracts in person and send regular emails to employees telling them they are the greatest company and the greatest employees in the world. In French companies. CEO/CTO are basically absent, they don't exist and don't send any communication. You can ask some French workers who are the executives of their company and they probably have no idea. The startup scene being pretty weak with no unicorn, there isn't any example you could quote either, there isn't a French Zuckerberg or Elon. If you wonder who's there for real, there's a bunch of rich folks who sponsor one another to board and executive seats of the 100 largest companies and that's about it.
  • langitbiru 6y ago
    Interesting.... I just want to say there is at least one unicorn in France, BlaBlaCar. Granted, it's not as big as FB. But unicorn nevertheless.