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As a Brit, I've seen this cultural phenomenon in the UK too. Maybe I've just not been exposed to the right people, but "failure" is still a dirty word and it's
by kintamanimatt 14y ago
As a Brit, I've seen this cultural phenomenon in the UK too. Maybe I've just not been exposed to the right people, but "failure" is still a dirty word and it's rarely seen as a stepping stone to success.
Although I'm not all the way through it, I have a feeling this presentation was probably quite a shock to its live audience, and probably perceived as being quite tactless and impolite. I wonder what they actually thought of it and whether it effected any change in mindset.
Edit: I'm cringing all the way through this video. I'm not sure if it's a cringeworthy video or whether it's exposing my own fear of being embarrassed!
- Surio 14y ago> I've seen this cultural phenomenon in the UK too Anecdata or not, thank you for standing up and being counted. I've seen it too :-)
- gsharm 14y agoLondoner here. I think we're closer to Silicon Valley than we are to Japan. I've been working on/around my startups for almost a year now, and despite having not having anything substantial to show yet, get a lot of interest in my work, as well as being pursued all the time to go back into lucrative software contracts.