Europe isn't the only place where this is an issue; Canadian companies have an issue with taking risks which is why you see a lot of marketing/ad "startups", co

Europe isn't the only place where this is an issue; Canadian companies have an issue with taking risks which is why you see a lot of marketing/ad "startups", consultancies and products/services geared towards the financial sector. Marketing, advertising and finance are all safe: they have big money to throw around and you just have to deliver things that are slightly better and not too far advanced. Something like PayPal, Uber, Facebook could never be made within Canada. We're a me-too/copycat country and it shows. All our best devs head to Silicon Valley and if they come back, they struggle to find investors and boards that are willing to experiment and to fail forward fast.