How to Not Make Friends at a European Tech Conference

Noam Bardin, CEO of Waze, discusses The Tech Revolution Outside the Valley during Day 2 of the 2014 Web Summit on Nov. 5, 2014 in Dublin, Ireland. Photographer: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images

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By Mark Milian

November 5, 2014 at 11:37 PM UTC

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Speaking in front of thousands of people at a tech conference in Dublin today, Waze co-founder Noam Bardin declared that you must be in Silicon Valley to create a successful global software company. That wasn't what the audience wanted to hear.

Through the magic of YouTube, we can relive one of the more awkward on-stage moments I’ve witnessed so far at the Web Summit in Dublin (and there’s still another day to go). Jump to 10 minutes and 30 seconds, and just look at those faces his fellow panelists are giving him. The title of the panel, by the way, was “The Tech Revolution Outside the Valley."