Breaking Into A New Market? 5 Practical Tips For Non-US Startups To Succeed In The US

In 20+ years in Silicon Valley I have both seen, advised and sometimes dissuaded foreign entrepreneurs about coming to the US. This is a post with my top 5 insights / practical tips – most of it applies overall whenever leapfrogging from your home market to another country.  1) Not An Obvious Transition – By many metrics the US is the largest market for a startup, largely a function of its population and prosperity. Case in point, it has the third largest population (after China and India) and has been the largest economy as measured by GDP since the 1920s (China…...