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I think Paul Graham went to the UK once to try to find technology investors. Once. (Can't find that essay right now.)
by Gravityloss 6y ago
I think Paul Graham went to the UK once to try to find technology investors. Once. (Can't find that essay right now.)
- ethbr0 6y agoSpeaking to something I have little experience with, but 'old, @&$@-you money isn't adventurous' would seem to apply.
- ativzzz 6y agoMakes sense. If I had old f you money, I'd be more concerned about preserving it for multiple generations than growing it significantly.
- Nursie 6y agoComparatively, venture capital of the silicon valley sort is hard to come by, from what I can see. There is also a weird preoccupation with the London startup scene; politicians decided they were going to nurture it and help fund things there. Which is fine, but they ignored the Cambridge area which is where a lot of the actual innovative tech in the UK gets developed, in favour of (effectively) a bunch of cool-sounding app vendors.
- TorKlingberg 6y agoNow pg lives in England. He was born here though, so I guess it's for family reasons.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoI just watched the movie Johnny Dangerously with one of my kids. If you're alluding to Danny Vermin (Joe Piscopo's character), I'm very amused.