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[Destination USA] Farfetch founder José Neves on entering the US via a partnership, board relationships, listing on the NYSE, amygdalae and entrepreneurs’ brains

Episode Summary

This week, Index partner Danny Rimer speaks to Farfetch founder José Neves. Farfetch is the world’s biggest online marketplace for independent fashion boutiques. Jose founded Farfetch in Porto and London in 2007 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018. Danny & Jose discuss Farfetch and its global journey, what Formula 1 has in common with entrepreneurship, entering the US via a partnership and much more. Thank you for listening to DestinationUSA from Index Ventures. This is the last episode in our series that explored how Europe's leading entrepreneurs and operators expanded their businesses to the US. If you missed any of the episodes you can go back and listen to the stories of Spotify, Adyen, Nexthink, Collibra, Codat, ComplyAdvantage, Peanut, Wise & more.

Episode Notes

This week, Index partner Danny Rimer speaks to Farfetch founder José Neves.

Farfetch is the world’s biggest online marketplace for independent fashion boutiques. Jose founded Farfetch in Porto and London in 2007 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018.

Danny & Jose discuss Farfetch and its global journey, what Formula 1 has in common with entrepreneurship, entering the US via a partnership and much more.

Thank you for listening to DestinationUSA from Index Ventures. This is the last episode in our series that explored how Europe's leading entrepreneurs and operators expanded their businesses to the US. If you missed any of the episodes you can go back and listen to the stories of Spotify, Adyen, Nexthink, Collibra, Codat, ComplyAdvantage, Peanut, Wise & more.

For more about how to expand your tech startup to the US, you can check out our handbook here.