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Ottawa’s venture industry a shriveled husk of its past
- hga 16y agoFeh, another rent-seeker. Can any of you cite examples where a "failure" of private sector investment has been redeemed by government? (Scare quotes for failure because this sort of thing is telling us one or more important things.)
- asaunders 16y agoIsrael. A concerted strategy to create a positive environment for investors over a 20 year period has led to the most vibrant start-up scene in the world outside Silicon Valley.
- hga 16y agoAh, I'll bet there's a unique to Israel and SV and Boston factor here: military R&D. Whatever it's faults, it real world stuff with various measurable outputs (does this plane fly, does this RADAR detect X at Y distance). I've heard it's been a factor in Israel and it's well documented for SV and Boston.