Revolut CEO: China's 9/9/6 work culture makes it unbeatable — only 2 of 140 startups survived
davidsenra · x · 2026-10-26
Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky argues the US isn't very competitive and Europe even less so, while China is — because its engineers work 9/9/6. Of 140 companies in his old co-working space, only 3 survived five years, and just 2 after a decade. "Working weekends is a must if you want to survive. Purely statistically."
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