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Refutation - British Y Combinator startups by university: Cambridge: Immad Ahkund (Heyzap), Jude Gomila (Heyzap), Rahul Vohra (Rapportive), Martin Kleppman (Ra
by ig1 16y ago
Refutation - British Y Combinator startups by university:
Cambridge: Immad Ahkund (Heyzap), Jude Gomila (Heyzap), Rahul Vohra (Rapportive), Martin Kleppman (Rapportive), Sam Stokes (Rapportive), Ian Hogarth (SongKick), Pete Smith (SongKick), Michelle You (SongKick)
Imperial: Tim Davey (SnapTalent), Sumon Sadhu (SnapTalent), Niall Smart (Echodio), Nathan Chong (NewsLabs)
Oxford: Peter Nixey (Clickpass), Harjeet Tagger (Auctomatic), Kulveer Taggar (Auctomatic)
Bristol: Tom Riley (Fabricly)
Kent: Mike Laming (Propable)
(Apologies if I've missed anyone/misspelt any names as I'm writing from memory)
- Caligula 16y agoBut they went to America to pursue their startup. Their incorporation is in America and they live/operate in America. They left Britain to pursue their startup. So I think your refutation is the opposite of what you intended it to be.
- ig1 16y agoWell I guess there's two issues at play here: 1) Is it due to cultural reasons that Britain isn't producing young tech entrepreneurs 2) Are British young tech entrepreneurs going abroad to start companies. I think my argument refutes the first but supports the second point. While there are young tech entrepreneurs in the UK (Mashable for example was started by a 19 year old, numerous indy gaming studios are led by 20-somethings) a lot of the more talented ones who are aiming at global consumer markets are clearly head abroad.