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Why does everything need to be just like Silicon Valley? Everything being like Wall Street certainly didn't help either. I especially laughed at the line that
by mhd 15y ago
Why does everything need to be just like Silicon Valley? Everything being like Wall Street certainly didn't help either.
I especially laughed at the line that perfectionism and proper engineering are bad for startups. This explains a lot. (Yes, when it comes to selling stuff that doesn't work and you don't need in the first place, Europe has a lot to learn. Every service-based industry does better in the US.)
Meanwhile, the amount of companies founded per year is on a steady rise, so there is a entrepreneurial movement, it's just different. Not saying that either approach is perfect, don't get me wrong. It's just that I don't get those "Europe is worse because it doesn't have companies like Facebook" articles.
Neither Europe nor the US has lots sweat shops with Asian conditions, are we both now hopelessly behind this and should mend our ways?
- marknutter 15y agoA lack of perfectionism does not mean a lack of quality. There's such a thing as trying to be too perfect and missing out on a market opportunity.
- mhd 15y agoJust like the presence of perfectionism and engineering doesn't mean that people are sitting on "unfinished" products for decades. Never mind that the US has some pretty awesome engineering itself and that the average quality of German startup software isn't any better. Basically, the speaker was just throwing some cliches into the room, whether they fit or not. He might as well have said that Germans don't get anything done because they spend so much time to listen to the Hoff.