Tom Hulme & Stan Boland: Lessons from Jensen Huang & How to Fix the UK Tech Ecosystem
64Tom Hulme is a Managing Partner & Head of Europe @ GV. He has led rounds in Monzo, Nothing, GoCardless, Lemonade, Snyk and is widely considered one of the best investors in Europe.
Stan Boland is one of the most successful and respected entrepreneurs in the UK. In 1999, he co-founded Element 14 which was acquired by Broadcom in 2000 for $640 million. Following this, Boland co-founded Icera Inc. in 2002, a fabless semiconductor company which he sold to Nvidia for $367 million.
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In Today’s Episode We Discuss:
00:00 Intro
01:03 Is The UK’s Biggest Problem a Talent Problem
06:51 Why We Need to Flood the UK With Venture Capital
07:55 What Europe Can Learn from Stripe and the Collisons
13:15 How the UK Can Use Visas to Retain the Best Talent
14:37 Why the Government Needs to Put 10x More Cash Into Fund of Funds
22:30 Is the London Stock Exchange F****** and Does it Matter?
33:52 What The UK Can Learn From Sequoia and the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund
40:18 What is a “National Goal for Wealth Creation” & How Do We Implement It?
48:23 What are the Most Broken Elements of the UK Tax Regime
53:17 Is It Stupid to Remove the Non-Dom Tax Status
54:22 Why is Now the Time to Be Bullish on China
01:02:10 Biggest Lessons from Working with Jensen Huang
01:10:47 Quick Fire Round: Insights and Predictions
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