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Is there any reason why this site is limited to London startups? Does this geographical restriction add any value over a national startup map? Hint for Londone
by andyjohnson0 13y ago
Is there any reason why this site is limited to London startups? Does this geographical restriction add any value over a national startup map?
Hint for Londoners: Zoom the map out at bit and it shows other places. These places have names like Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, and are located in the areas of the UK that are not London. People live in these places, and there are startups there too.
In fact, there's already a good UK startup map: http://techbritain.com/ http://techbritain.com/
- sarhus 13y agoAndy, the only reason it's because I live here. I'm happy to see marks also in Bristol, Manchester, etc etc. Also, the frontend code is on github, feel free to grab it, modify as you wish and add another city.
- simonbarker87 13y agoWell said, it's difficult to describe the uk vs london feeling their is right now (in most secotrs, not just start ups) but this does a good job at getting the sentiment across. I think the reason comments like this (and mine in a lower down thread) are made is because, unlike SV, London doesn't have a 50 year history of producing tech and innovation en masse yet seems to grab a huge portion of the start up attention and energies.