Comments on: Can do attitude – US v UK http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fabio De Bernardi http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-932 Fabio De Bernardi Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:21:15 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-932 I'm a newbie in the UK entrepreneurial scene and being in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo made at least one thing crystal clear. They have a different approach to startups and entrepreneurship in general. Different doesn't mean better or worse... it's just different. I think that the real value is still in ideas and to be honest I'm sick of reading about flickr-like, facebook-like, everything-like startups. Most of internet niches (larger or smaller) offer room for a lot of players, but what I feel is that we need ideas really new and, hopefully, disruptive. If you git that idea UK, US or anywhere else doesn't make a real difference. Cheers, Fabio I’m a newbie in the UK entrepreneurial scene and being in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo made at least one thing crystal clear. They have a different approach to startups and entrepreneurship in general.
Different doesn’t mean better or worse… it’s just different. I think that the real value is still in ideas and to be honest I’m sick of reading about flickr-like, facebook-like, everything-like startups. Most of internet niches (larger or smaller) offer room for a lot of players, but what I feel is that we need ideas really new and, hopefully, disruptive.
If you git that idea UK, US or anywhere else doesn’t make a real difference.

Cheers,
Fabio

]]> By: Fabio De Bernardi http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10780 Fabio De Bernardi Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:21:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10780 I'm a newbie in the UK entrepreneurial scene and being in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo made at least one thing crystal clear. They have a different approach to startups and entrepreneurship in general. Different doesn't mean better or worse... it's just different. I think that the real value is still in ideas and to be honest I'm sick of reading about flickr-like, facebook-like, everything-like startups. Most of internet niches (larger or smaller) offer room for a lot of players, but what I feel is that we need ideas really new and, hopefully, disruptive. If you git that idea UK, US or anywhere else doesn't make a real difference. Cheers, Fabio I’m a newbie in the UK entrepreneurial scene and being in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo made at least one thing crystal clear. They have a different approach to startups and entrepreneurship in general.
Different doesn’t mean better or worse… it’s just different. I think that the real value is still in ideas and to be honest I’m sick of reading about flickr-like, facebook-like, everything-like startups. Most of internet niches (larger or smaller) offer room for a lot of players, but what I feel is that we need ideas really new and, hopefully, disruptive.
If you git that idea UK, US or anywhere else doesn’t make a real difference.

Cheers,
Fabio

]]> By: Igor Drokov http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-928 Igor Drokov Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:54:37 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-928 Great post, thank you. I would also add that one of the reasons for looking at things negatively in the UK is because most people who's been through the last dot com (and what followed) have a lot of first-hand examples "why it didn't work" and virtually nothing for "how it did". Hence, everyone can share their experience on why what you (an entrepreneur) are doing is going to be difficult and only a few can help to see how it can actually work. Love your CAPTCHAs btw ;) Great post, thank you.

I would also add that one of the reasons for looking at things negatively in the UK is because most people who’s been through the last dot com (and what followed) have a lot of first-hand examples “why it didn’t work” and virtually nothing for “how it did”.

Hence, everyone can share their experience on why what you (an entrepreneur) are doing is going to be difficult and only a few can help to see how it can actually work.

Love your CAPTCHAs btw ;)

]]> By: Igor Drokov http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10779 Igor Drokov Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:54:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10779 Great post, thank you. I would also add that one of the reasons for looking at things negatively in the UK is because most people who's been through the last dot com (and what followed) have a lot of first-hand examples "why it didn't work" and virtually nothing for "how it did". Hence, everyone can share their experience on why what you (an entrepreneur) are doing is going to be difficult and only a few can help to see how it can actually work. Love your CAPTCHAs btw ;) Great post, thank you.

I would also add that one of the reasons for looking at things negatively in the UK is because most people who’s been through the last dot com (and what followed) have a lot of first-hand examples “why it didn’t work” and virtually nothing for “how it did”.

Hence, everyone can share their experience on why what you (an entrepreneur) are doing is going to be difficult and only a few can help to see how it can actually work.

Love your CAPTCHAs btw ;)

]]> By: Anthony Kuhn http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-927 Anthony Kuhn Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:51:50 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-927 Nic: Thanks for an interesting article on how things are different in the world of VC across the Big Pond. You and your readership might be interested in more information on innovation, venture capital, and small business at: http://www.innovators-network.org Best wishes, and cheers! Anthony Kuhn Nic:

Thanks for an interesting article on how things are different in the world of VC across the Big Pond. You and your readership might be interested in more information on innovation, venture capital, and small business at:

http://www.innovators-network.org

Best wishes, and cheers!

Anthony Kuhn

]]> By: Anthony Kuhn http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10778 Anthony Kuhn Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:51:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10778 Nic: Thanks for an interesting article on how things are different in the world of VC across the Big Pond. You and your readership might be interested in more information on innovation, venture capital, and small business at: http://www.innovators-network.org Best wishes, and cheers! Anthony Kuhn Nic:

Thanks for an interesting article on how things are different in the world of VC across the Big Pond. You and your readership might be interested in more information on innovation, venture capital, and small business at:

http://www.innovators-network.org

Best wishes, and cheers!

Anthony Kuhn

]]> By: Jason http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-926 Jason Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:41:21 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-926 ***HUGE MISTAKE ABOVE*** What I said was people were negative about Twitter at the Geek dinner. We didn't talk about Mahalo.com at the Geek dinner!!! So, this was nothing personal like you're saying it was! This was objective feedback from someone who's been there... and i think you would agree that the UK and Europe is very, very negative when it comes to startups. Really needs to change in my mind or Europe will keep losing great startups to the Valley. best j ***HUGE MISTAKE ABOVE***

What I said was people were negative about Twitter at the Geek dinner. We didn’t talk about Mahalo.com at the Geek dinner!!!

So, this was nothing personal like you’re saying it was! This was objective feedback from someone who’s been there… and i think you would agree that the UK and Europe is very, very negative when it comes to startups.

Really needs to change in my mind or Europe will keep losing great startups to the Valley.

best j

]]> By: Jason http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10777 Jason Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/14/can-do-attitude-us-v-uk/#comment-10777 ***HUGE MISTAKE ABOVE*** What I said was people were negative about Twitter at the Geek dinner. We didn't talk about Mahalo.com at the Geek dinner!!! So, this was nothing personal like you're saying it was! This was objective feedback from someone who's been there... and i think you would agree that the UK and Europe is very, very negative when it comes to startups. Really needs to change in my mind or Europe will keep losing great startups to the Valley. best j ***HUGE MISTAKE ABOVE***

What I said was people were negative about Twitter at the Geek dinner. We didn’t talk about Mahalo.com at the Geek dinner!!!

So, this was nothing personal like you’re saying it was! This was objective feedback from someone who’s been there… and i think you would agree that the UK and Europe is very, very negative when it comes to startups.

Really needs to change in my mind or Europe will keep losing great startups to the Valley.

best j

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