Summary: Image via Wikipedia Launching our US operations has been a focus for us, ever since the start of our service. We are pleased to announce, that we already have a local team in place. We talked with Jouko about our US operations and what we are looking to build. Especially as a large part of our members are based in the US, but looking for global activity, it is an exciting development for our community. We have been building our partner network and already have prominent actors in the US, from important areas such as from Silicon Valley, where we too will have a strong presence. Valto and Jouko are starting their trip to the US and spending a couple of weeks there. If you want to get in touch with them, send us a message. But remember, we have people on the ground, so we are not going anywhere. Listen to the episode on the player below. Here are some niblets; Somebody said to us, that we are a little bit like American Idol or the Idol competition in any country. That basically we give the opportunity to everyone to become a start. We also in a certain way have the same model to make decisions, that people are voting. The community is building GrowVC itself. And it’s definitely an important part of our open concept. We see that this is the way to build this type of service. That actually those people who are building it and those people who can use this service, and get benefits, that they are also able to participate in this work. To make it possible and to make it successful. [People] don’t ask anymore, if this kind of model is needed.
