Opinion

July 5, 2019

Purplebricks $5m US retreat shows startups need to slow down

Is it time for startups to slow down?


Kitty Knowles

4 min read

Purplebricks leaves US.

Facebook’s motto is “to move fast and break things”. At the same time, startups are constantly told to “think globally”. But is it time to slow down?

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