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The "startup capital of Europe"? Is that like being the soccer capital of America?

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > The "startup capital of Europe"? Is that like being the soccer capital of America? Wouldn't that mean that Europe has a fairly strong, by global terms, actual performance in startups, despite European popular culture mostly ignoring startups?
  • LunaSea 10y ago
    The American national soccer team got crushed in Copa America so they are pretty far from strong.
    • twright0 10y ago
      The American team made it to the semi-finals. They had one bad loss to Argentina but it's pretty inaccurate to characterize their performance as "getting crushed".
      • adimitrov 10y ago
        Well, if all you ever do is winning "world" championships… Baseball, (American) Football, Basketball, … I guess coming in fourth does feel crushing.
    • dragonwriter 10y ago
      > The American national soccer team got crushed in Copa America No, they won their group, won and advanced from the knockout stage, and, yes, got crushed in the semi-final round by Argentina, to finish ranked fourth in the tournament.
• nailer 10y ago
  > Is that like being the soccer capital of America? Like Brazil? Yes, it is.
  • huherto 10y ago
    Out of the box thinking. You nailed it.
  • rbanffy 10y ago
    There are about 7 big reasons not to brag about it.
    • erikb 10y ago
      You mean the other reasons why Germany is interesting for competitive people?
• erikb 10y ago
  Yeah, like Sao Paolo.