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There are no cited sources that support the premise of the article, that Europeans fear failure too much. The cherry-picked 2011 was about the peak of the Euro
by cromulent 13y ago
There are no cited sources that support the premise of the article, that Europeans fear failure too much.
The cherry-picked 2011 was about the peak of the Eurozone crisis and austerity measures, obviously a special time.
Compare the EBAN 2011 slide in the article with optimism of the 2012 slide:
http://www.eban.org/e5-1-billion-market-shows-european-angels-on-the-rise/#.UxMoGNyJJ7E http://www.eban.org/e5-1-billion-market-shows-european-angel...
- ThomPete 13y agoIt's pretty well established though. Check out this article. http://www.economist.com/node/21559618 http://www.economist.com/node/21559618
- cromulent 13y agoI disagree. If you compare Europe and US, I think there are hotbeds in each one. However, the articles seem to compare Europe with Silicon Valley / San Francisco, which is silly. Obviously San Francisco is special, even within the US. Edit: Also, the Economist article doesn't address Europeans having a fear of failure.
- ThomPete 13y agoThere are hotbeds but Europe have far less success stories than the US and therefore you have as I explained further up the risk-averseness of the european investors. At least those that I know, and I do know quite a lot.