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00:00YOU ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT STARTUPS IN FRANCE. DO YOU FEEL THAT IT IS POPULAR RIGHT NOW? GUEST: I THINK FRANCE HAS BEEN A VERY ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR STARTUPS FOR WELL. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF STARTUPS IN THE U.K. AND ELSEWHERE THAT ARE LOOKING TO OTHER LOCATIONS AND FRANCE HAS RISEN TO THE TOP. ANNA: THIS IS AN OLD STATION BEING TURNED INTO A HABIT FOR STARTUPS. IS THIS GOING TO PUT FRANCE ON THE GLOBAL TECH STARTUP MAP IN A BIGGER WAY? GUEST: YES. I THINK THIS WILL MAKE A HUGE IMPACT WITH REGARDS TO THE FRENCH ECOSYSTEM. IT WILL MAKE -- IT HAS MADE FRANCE VISIBLE. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SMALLER ACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING VERY WELL FOR A WHILE NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT THIS HAS -- ONE GIANT PROJECT WITH THEM IN THE SAME LOCATION AND ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ANNA: IT IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POLITICS AND HOW THIS PLAYS IN. MANY TECH COMPANIES SAY WE MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH ACCESS TO TALENT. YOU LOOK AT MARINE LE PEN AND THE RISE OF [INDISCERNIBLE] AND YOU WONDER WHERE THAT GOES. GUEST: EVERYONE HAS THIS IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND. WITH A START UP ECOSYSTEM WE REMAIN POSITIVE AND WE THINGS JUST KEEP ON WORKING ON WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. FRANCE HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WITH ATTRACTING INTERNATIONAL TALENT. THERE -- THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BRINGING INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS. ANNA: IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO INFORM , WHAT DOES THE TECH INDUSTRY WANT? GUEST: IT IS MUCH MORE ABOUT TALENT AND NOT JUST ENTREPRENEURS. HIRING PEOPLE FROM WITHIN THE

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