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It's beyond that – culture. Being ambitious in US is rewarded and celebrated. Plus having the most powerful military in the world makes others want to invest mo
by Axsuul 3y ago
It's beyond that – culture. Being ambitious in US is rewarded and celebrated. Plus having the most powerful military in the world makes others want to invest more into the US due to the likelihood it will still be around.
- cosmotic 3y agoThere's no reward for being JUST ambitious in the US, there's a lot more involved. Luck and willingness to exploit the work of others is a big part of what's required to earn the reward.
- RestlessMind 3y agoAdding on to the culture - 1. Even if your idea seems crappy, investors will give you millions to bootstrap it. Uber, Twitter, Doordash, AirBnB, Coinbase, Instacart - all sounded funny before they became billion dollar behemoths. 2. Social norm of hire fast, fire fast - allow startups to quickly scale if they sense some opportunity and quickly ramp down in case that doesn't pan out. Again, different countries have different trade-offs around this. But the American tradeoff makes it much easier to build and grow a startup.
- sofixa 3y agoAre you under the impression that being ambitious is looked down upon in Germany or anywhere else outside of a bunch of dictatorships?