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I feel some serious amount of despair at lists like this. Almost every single one of these start-ups is stupid, even if they might have some legitimate reason t

I feel some serious amount of despair at lists like this. Almost every single one of these start-ups is stupid, even if they might have some legitimate reason to exist. How can Europe continue to exist like this.

Eumenes 2y ago
> How can Europe continue to exist like this. By continuing its place as an economic zone for tourism and refugee resettlement.
- constantcrying 2y ago
  Those two seem contradictory and not encouraging for the continued existence as the industrial giant it (still) is.
verzali 2y ago
Because of companies like Novo Nordisk, Ikea and so on? Almost all lists of new start ups look stupid, in the US as well as Europe. If anything the ideas often look even more delusional in the US.
- constantcrying 2y ago
  >Because of companies like Novo Nordisk, Ikea and so on? What does an 101 year old pharmacy business and an 80 year old furniture store have to do with current EU innovation? Europe has many large and successful companies, the one you mentioned are even somewhat small compared to the large German/French/Italian industrial corporations. >Almost all lists of new start ups look stupid, in the US as well as Europe. But this isn't a list of random start-ups. It is the list of the best start ups Europe has to offer, their unicorns. Where the US has OpenAI, SpaceX, Uber and so many more, the EU has a startup which "offers health and fitness institutions access to software and machines". Going back through the last decades, there have been multiple US start ups which effected billions of people. I can't even name a single European startup with any relevancy whatsoever. I can name half a dozen US AI startups, all with decent products, I can name one from Europe.
  - verzali 2y ago
    Novo Nordisk developed Ozempic and Wegovy, and is now raking in billions of dollars from Americans desperate to lose weight. Not all innovations come from new companies.

Eumenes 2y ago

> How can Europe continue to exist like this. By continuing its place as an economic zone for tourism and refugee resettlement.

constantcrying 2y ago
Those two seem contradictory and not encouraging for the continued existence as the industrial giant it (still) is.

verzali 2y ago

Because of companies like Novo Nordisk, Ikea and so on? Almost all lists of new start ups look stupid, in the US as well as Europe. If anything the ideas often look even more delusional in the US.

constantcrying 2y ago
>Because of companies like Novo Nordisk, Ikea and so on? What does an 101 year old pharmacy business and an 80 year old furniture store have to do with current EU innovation? Europe has many large and successful companies, the one you mentioned are even somewhat small compared to the large German/French/Italian industrial corporations. >Almost all lists of new start ups look stupid, in the US as well as Europe. But this isn't a list of random start-ups. It is the list of the best start ups Europe has to offer, their unicorns. Where the US has OpenAI, SpaceX, Uber and so many more, the EU has a startup which "offers health and fitness institutions access to software and machines". Going back through the last decades, there have been multiple US start ups which effected billions of people. I can't even name a single European startup with any relevancy whatsoever. I can name half a dozen US AI startups, all with decent products, I can name one from Europe.
- verzali 2y ago
  Novo Nordisk developed Ozempic and Wegovy, and is now raking in billions of dollars from Americans desperate to lose weight. Not all innovations come from new companies.