June 28, 2018

The tenets of a successful scale to the US with Adrien Menard

28 minutes

In September 2016, Adrien Menard, CEO of Paris-born Botify packed his bags and moved together with his wife and two kids to New York to open Botify's US office.

He had chosen New York mainly due to the slightly shorter time difference with Paris in comparison to the much more unsurmountable 9 hours with the West coast. Adrien was leaving 24 employees behind and venturing into the new world all by himself.

Visas took more time, the advice his lawyer gave him was wrong multiple times, and Adrien would have to reinvent overnight how Botify communicated and made decisions.

Despite all that, there was not a grain of doubt that he was doing the right thing. He had a $7 million Series A funding round and a 10% US-based customer base to give him confidence as the going got tough.

Fast forward almost two years later after Adrien moved to New York, US customers now represent 60% of the revenue, and the Botify employee count has risen to 100 with 25 of them based in the New York office. How did all that work out?

Listen on to hear:

What's the one thing you need to have achieved to secure a funding round for scaling

What are the two most important teams in a US HQ

What has been the most challenging thing in scaling to the US and how did Adrien address it

Why as beloved as Slack is for remote teams, it's not the best solution according to Adrien and what he uses instead

How Botify stays cash efficient

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