Silicon Valley House
6 posts on Silicon Valley House.
I keep watching the same thing happen: founders from Kosovo and Albania figuring out Silicon Valley alone, one cold email and one lucky introduction at a time, while a handful of us in the diaspora help however we can with no way to organize it. This series makes the case for turning that into real infrastructure, a shared house in the Valley the way Germany, Poland, Korea and a five-country Nordic coalition already run one, built on the ecosystem Startup Albania and Innovation Centre Kosovo have already proven works. Here are the articles from that.
- What It Would Take to Reach a Billion April 28, 2026
A practical path for a Kosovo or Albania startup to reach a billion dollars: the capital stack, the legal structure and the proximity none of it works without.
- Small Countries That Built One Big Company April 14, 2026
Estonia, Croatia and Lithuania are smaller or comparable in size to Kosovo and Albania. Each still produced a unicorn that reshaped its startup ecosystem.
- The Diaspora Is Already the Product March 31, 2026
Kosovo and Albania's diaspora sends home billions a year. Organized like Silicon Valley's Indian diaspora, that same generosity could build companies instead.
- People Are the Export March 17, 2026
Kosovo and Albania keep getting sold as mineral and textile economies. The fastest-growing export either country actually has is software, built by people.
- One Unicorn Would Do More Than a Decade of Remittances March 3, 2026
Kosovo and Albania get 2.5 billion euros a year in remittances. One breakout startup would do more for the ecosystem than another decade of that money.
- Kosovo and Albania Need a Silicon Valley House February 17, 2026
Germany, Poland, Korea and a five-country Nordic coalition each keep a government-backed house in Silicon Valley. Kosovo and Albania have the institutions to build one together. They haven't.