When and how should European enterprise software startups target the US? Today, Index’s VP Insights, Dominic Jacquesson speaks with Collibra founder, Felix Van de Maele about what it takes to succeed in the US. Collibra builds data intelligence cloud products and was founded in Brussels in 2008 by Felix and his co-founders. It has now become one of Europe's most successful software companies with over 700 employees globally. Half the workforce, and almost all the leadership is now in the U S. Engineering, however, remains almost entirely in Europe Dominic & Felix cover the end-to-end story of how Collibra succeeded in the US, talking about risk taking, finding and following your first customers and the importance of leading with a mixture of humility and high conviction.
When and how should European enterprise software startups target the US? Today, Index’s VP Insights, Dominic Jacquesson speaks with Collibra founder, Felix Van de Maele about what it takes to succeed in the US.
Collibra builds data intelligence cloud products and was founded in Brussels in 2008 by Felix and his co-founders. It has now become one of Europe's most successful software companies with over 700 employees globally. Half the workforce, and almost all the leadership is now in the US. Engineering, however, remains almost entirely in Europe
Dominic & Felix cover the end-to-end story of how Collibra succeeded in the US, talking about risk taking, finding and following your first customers and the importance of leading with a mixture of humility and high conviction.
To read more, check out Collibra's case study in our Expanding to the US handbook.