Board-Level Readiness for U.S. Expansion With David Rose

About this episode

Bill Kenney discusses U.S. expansion challenges with David Rose, focusing on board-level readiness and the new U.S. Expansion Board Guide.

U.S. expansion succeeds or fails at the board level. In this Belly2Belly episode, Bill Kenney talks with David Rose about why European venture-backed companies so often underestimate budgets, timelines, and go-to-market reality, and how USXP’s new U.S. Expansion Board Guide helps boards pressure-test readiness before entering the market. David Rose, USXP https://www.usxp.co/ .. Feel free to contact us with any questions Bill Kenney, bill@meetroi.com MEET, https://meetroi.com/

People in this episode

Host: Bill Kenney

Guest: David Rose

Topics covered

• U.S. expansion
• venture-backed companies
• budgets
• timelines
• go-to-market strategy

Keywords

• board-level readiness
• European companies
• USXP
• market entry

Mentioned in this episode

Products: U.S. Expansion Board Guide

Places: U.S.

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