Shafiq Balas

yeah this is yeah because we wanted to go to go to the us we wanted to uh to target the us market and we think that this is like the simplest shortcut that we can have going to yc understanding how it works being there visible there and also we wanted to you know we are tech founders we wanted this like a boot camp of yc to be able to to learn different things to do things differently

and um yeah that was that wasn't an easy decision for us so we talked with a lot of people that have done yc to understand the real value so what comes to what helped our decision is first network it helps a lot second it's uh it's really nice to have to be baked by yc in the us and the third point is the learning

They're comfortable with it.

I mean, the investors we have, they already know the systems.

Like, you know, our context is we are in France.

It's a French company.

And a lot of companies from France move to the U.S.

and do YC.

So investors are already familiar with that.

And they know that if you do YC, it's like you...

you have more chance to succeed in the business than when you do it alone and in Europe.

My favorite business book is Predictable Revenue.

Online tool, maybe for building brain board, maybe Notion.

Not that much, maybe six, usually six, maybe five and six.

I'm 40.

I turned 40 this year.

yes okay and what's your situation married single kids yeah i'm married with a kid very cool okay last question something you wish you knew when you were 20. uh bill's brain board this is something that i really wish i had the chance to do when i was 20.

Thanks a lot, Nathan.

And have a nice weekend.

Yes, that was great.