> fewer and fewer successful European software growth companies. It's funny how you slipped in "growth companies" in there. How about... profitable companies?

> fewer and fewer successful European software growth companies. It's funny how you slipped in "growth companies" in there. How about... profitable companies? In the past 10-15 years most "successful" US companies have been fueled by unlimited investor money with zero expectations of profits. I mean, look at YC's "top startups list". They lose billions of dollars every year. But sure, they grow. Like cancer