European start-ups vs American start-ups, round twenty seven
Europe doesn’t do tech and venture capital companies? That seems to be the message from Silicon Valley resident Loic Le Meur. Mike Butcher loads up the Lee-Enfield to return fire: There has been an explosion in accelerators, co-working spaces, and increasing numbers of ventures investors looking at 500 Startups and similar investment models and doubling down on many different investments. None of these people – and I have observed it close hand – are ever out to lunch for hours on end. Across Europe, entrepreneurs are burning the night oil to create startups which DO go global from day one,
