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Are they a waste of money? Did they stimulate the startup economy, upskill workers, etc? Were there no spin offs? Nobody learnt anything?
by jimnotgym 3y ago
Are they a waste of money? Did they stimulate the startup economy, upskill workers, etc? Were there no spin offs? Nobody learnt anything?
- p_l 3y agoOr simply provided employment to people who then paid for other things in the economy.
- IshKebab 3y agoAt least Ultrahaptics was. It may have stimulated the startup economy, but you can do that by funding startups that have realistic ideas. And yes, often you can easily tell if an idea is a non-starter. It isn't the case that "you never know".