How to conquer the US market from Europe with Florian Douetteau, Dataiku

A Math PhD dropout, Florian Douetteau, was only 20 when he first
got the startup bug. The practical ways of learning through
immersing himself into startups appealed more to him and he has
never looked back.


The SaaS Revolution Show latest guest, Florian started Dataiku,
his latest venture, five years ago in Paris. The collaboration
platform for data scientists was profitable from the early onset.


Florian had seen the struggle of growing a company in France,
where there is a steady growth up until a few million in revenue
but then a stagnated growth when it comes to getting to the next
stage. Maybe it was because the European market was not dynamic
enough or the companies would become almost too European.


Listen on to hear:


How he initially scaled into the US when Dataiku was very
small
-What were the factors that helped Dataiku with American
customers, including NPR

How he organises his time between the three locations and
spends enough time at each



P.S.
Florian is one many excellent speakers we will host at SaaStock
on Tour Paris on May 3rd. He will be joined by the likes of
Rachel Delacour, VP for Startups at Zendesk, Christoph Janz,
Managing Partner at Point Nine Capital and Philippe Botteri,
Partner at Accel among others. Get your early bird tickets before
April 12th https://www.saastock.com/ontour/city/paris


 


 


 


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