The StartUp to ScaleUp Game Plan
Business
Erin Platts heads up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in EMEA and she’s led their growth across the region for over a decade.
We discussed the huge transformation in the European ecosystem in last 5-6 years in terms of:
We also explored Erin's concerns that Europe's B2B saas ventures - many of whom appear robust despite the pandemic - may be over-optimistic especially if churn in Q4 2020 and Q1 2021 is higher than expected
And we evaluated the shift to WFH both for SVB and for the VC-backed tech community:
For more insights into SVB head over to https://www.svb.com/uk and for advice on hiring leadership talent for B2B SaaS ventures check out https://alpinasearch.com
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