If the key takeaway of Sifted Summit Day One was “here’s where we need to do better”, the optimism switch was flicked on and taped down by Sequoia partner Luciana Lixandru early on day two yesterday: In Europe “it’s time to focus our dreams and ambitions and resources to build generational companies.”
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