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China Moves Fast. Europe Needs to Adapt.

Alvin Foo on China Speed, 18-month product cycles, Europe’s execution problem — and why the future should be “China and Europe,” not “China versus Europe.”

Alvin Foo

AI Strategist & Venture Partner at Zero2Launch | Building AI-native leaders & organizations | ex-Google | 25+ Years Scaling Startups in Asia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinfsc/

China Speed Is Ingrained

10:17–10:32

“Speed and innovation is something that’s ingrained in them. It’s in their DNA.”

Build Fast, Then Iterate

15:41–16:00

“They will build a car in 18 months and they will iterate from that car.”

China AND Europe

17:08–17:25

“The trust level with the Europeans are a lot, lot higher than the Americans.”

“It should not be China versus Europe. It should be China and Europe.”

Europe Is Too Slow

27:49–28:18

“This has always been not so easy working with European companies because they’re very slow. Very slow.”

“Chinese people, they don’t work that slow. They want to get on with the work and learn along the way.”

Contracts vs. Relationships

28:40–30:00

“European companies likes to focus on contract. Chinese companies like to focus on relationship.”

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