Comments on: @GeeknRolla – Thanks for a rocking day!

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By: picture rock city

picture rock city — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:19:16 +0000

i was there in the city in april, but could not make it /:

By: Carmen Villadar

Carmen Villadar — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:33:17 +0000

Mike, I’m glad there was actually a segment on “startups need to move to the U.S.” because it gave people like Stefano (I totally agree with Stefano by the way) and others living in Europe a chance to speak up and state their perspective.

Kudo’s though for your efforts. Europe definitely needs more platforms for startups to have open dialog with one another. Actually, there are Open Coffee Clubs through the globe and many are in Europe and these are one type of platform where this dialog can occur. Now for my two euro’s worth.

Germany is the fourth country I’ve had the privilege of living in and I must share this: if you leave your country to be successful somewhere else, unless you return to bring back the knowledge & experience you’ve gained to share it with others in your country, you truly are depleting your countries resource. True, many argue that startups that re-locate and grow their business elsewhere i.e. the U.S. – gives them the opportunity to actually give back to their country, however, what percentage of return goes back to their mother country and what percentage stays?

Cultures like India and China have the idea. Many go abroad to ge educated and obtain work experience. Though many decide to stay, many also return to their respective countries and open up businesses. Not only do they open up their own businesses but they also bring other foreign investors along with them. (And people wonder how China and India’s economy have managed to grow the way they have in the last decade!)

Sorry for this long comment. I will be writing more on http://www.thestartup.eu site.

DO keep up the good work. I hope the three of us, you, Stefano and I can meet sometime soon!

Cheers Mike!

Kind regards,
Carmen
@digitalfemme

By: Stefano Bernardi

Stefano Bernardi — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:13:57 +0000

Mike I think that’s not the way for european entrepreneurs to start and grow their companies.
The Valley is full of tech and pseudotech startups, here in Europe we surely don’t lack the talents, we might lack the money.
The invading idea can be taken by some entrepreneurs and might be the best choice for them, but I think that the vast majority of us should really focus on developing a new and truly european entrepreneurship culture.

We have WAY more potential than the US imho, but if we continue to go overseas we are not the ones that are profiting from this..
We have to get to the point where US startups will want to move to Europe and open up offices here.

By: Jof Arnold

Jof Arnold — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:48:41 +0000

This is the only conference I’ve ever been to where I was gutted to get phone calls and emails requiring me to leave the presentations (I’m known to get conference-fatigue pretty easily)!

Thanks for inviting me, Mike, and also thanks to Petra and Ressami – it was an exceptional event.

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:00:32 +0000

Stafano – Yes I think that talk about Euro startups moving to the US was meant to be quite controversial but I think where she was coming from was this: Invade the Valley; be successful; then bring that culture (and the money!) back to Europe.

By: Stefano Bernardi

Stefano Bernardi — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:54:49 +0000

Unfortunately I couldn’t attend the event, but I followed all the comments and reports on twitter and on this blog and I think it definitely was a success.

There’s just this one thing..

I am still today disappointed by the talk “European startups need to move to the US”.

By: Jules Morgan

Jules Morgan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:41:13 +0000

Event was absolutely spot on and did exactly what it said on the tin.

From my perspective, the first talk and the second panel were a bit off-point, but other than that there was a ton of useful info for startups.

By: Daniel Tenner

Daniel Tenner — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:23:39 +0000

Hi Mike,

I think I’ve said most of what I wanted to say in my blog post about the event, but after reading this I wanted to add that yes, the price was a *huge* factor. Many start-ups are perpetually cash-strapped, and spending hundreds of pounds per person is just not an option. If you’d priced the event at even £200, we simply would not have turned up (and I know several others who wouldn’t have turned up either).

However, £95 seemed like a good price, and based on this event, we will definitely attend the next one at this sort of price!

This was well worth it. Thanks again for organising it and making it affordable!