Well we don’t - not yet anyway, but we would like to extend our thanks to Laura DeVere and Joost Schuijff of Zeno Holdings, Inc. for hosting a fantastic networking event in Los Gatos the other night.

Laura and Joost partnered with Deloitte & Touche Netherlands who brought their “Fast 50” to the Silicon Valley for networking and information-gathering. We met with ~20 of the fastest growing young companies in the Netherlands who are exploring how to bring their companies – and their innovation – to the United States.

We met charismatic leaders from companies like Mendix, Intermax, High Concept and Kahuna. We also met interesting Bay Area companies advancing RFID, AJAX, and software engineering. (We especially loved meeting the guy who helped create the “guts” of TiVo… Pieter, you changed our lives!)

Of course, the wine was great and the appetizers were amazing. But most of all, we enjoyed the conversation about global innovation, borderless marketing and multi-cultural lifestyles.

Innovation and the Netherlands….it is ON!

/JW

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