[Sigia-l] European IAs lazier?

[James Aylett]

Listera wrote:

>>(Has continental - and I'll include British as well here - startup
>>activity ever been high?
> 
> Interesting question. I'm not sure. Perhaps there was a time when the
> continent led the world. The period referenced in my sig below, at the time
> of the Royal Society in the 17th century?

Perhaps. Parts of Asia and the Arabic world were doing pretty well then, 
though. Some historians I know reckon the 18th century was the zenith of 
  European (and particularly British) influence, power and so forth. 
Being naturally polite, we don't talk about the 18th century any more :-)

> More reading if anyone is interested in the notion of differences in
> business approach:
> 
> Where are all the UK start-ups?
> <http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2005/07/where_are_all_the_uk_startups.sh
> tml>

Yes, I was thinking of that. It's interesting, actually - I work for a 
company that was a mid-nineties startup. We generally aren't trying to 
invent radical technologies to take over the world, but we've found a 
niche where we can be successful. By US standards I suspect we'd be 
considered a failure - we haven't floated on the stock exchange, and not 
one of us owns a speedboat :-)

James

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