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Awesome read, but you write that Europe has no SV or NYC. I'd say that it does have a NYC: London. London is the centre of finance in Europe. It utterly domin
by veb 11y ago
Awesome read, but you write that Europe has no SV or NYC. I'd say that it does have a NYC: London.
London is the centre of finance in Europe. It utterly dominates.
- Cthulhu_ 11y agoPlus I don't think location really matters that much; startups don't need an environment with thousands of hip enterpreneurs, all it takes is a small team with a good idea.
- gaius 11y agoLondon actually has no "startup scene", the dirty little secret is there is no silicon in Silicon Roundabout. Lots of ad brokers, social media strategists, hairdressers and bakers with Twitter accounts, but no actual tech is developed there.
- justincormack 11y agoThat is a lie that the Register likes. There is actually lots if real tech. Perhaps less actual silicon than Cambridge but lots of tech. Some decent exits in real techn prove it.
- s73v3r 11y agoThey don't need it, but it's much easier to build that team somewhere with that environment.