The Flame of the West
This post is a culmination of everything I have learned during the 20 years I have worked in technology. I believe technology progress is our destiny. Technology drives economic growth and economic growth makes our lives better in countless ways. Without technology progress the world descents into a zero-sum rivalry.
Economic growth, geo-political power and ultimately our freedom are downstream of technology. Those who lead in technology, own the future.
The Flame of the West was born out of the belief that only technology leadership can ensure our freedom. The US vs. Europe is a false dichotomy. We belong to the same rebel alliance that fights for the free world and we should combine what each is good at to make sure it’s the free world that will prevail. We must construct a superhighway for our most ambitious founders to build world-historical technology companies regardless of where they come from.
We need a geography-independent playbook for startups to access the smartest capital, advice and strategic customers while building an archipelago of specialized high-tech islands of world-leading science and engineering. A network that is purpose build to accelerate ambition.
This is the new playbook that takes us to the Ambitious New Technology Age for Europe and the US. It combines the best of Europe and the US to help founders build world-historical technology companies so we will win the future.
The Flame of the West is build to do exactly that.
The Flame is a network that starts out as a remote program for pre-seed and seed stage startups working on new and important ideas. We connect you to the right investors, the right domain expertise, and early customers that will validate your business. We will work with you so you get the best from the US and Europe regardless of where you want to build. You can read more and apply at www.theflame.org.
As of today, the applications for the first cohort are open. We can accept only a selected few teams and solo founders. I will personally work for the founders to maximize their magnitude of success. You can apply here until August 1st.
We will win this!