Comments on: Facebook’s Joanna Shields is London Tech City’s new CEO http://gigaom.com/2012/10/21/facebooks-joanna-shields-is-london-tech-citys-new-ceo/ Sat, 25 May 2013 22:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Mytton http://gigaom.com/2012/10/21/facebooks-joanna-shields-is-london-tech-citys-new-ceo/#comment-1101903 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:58:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=575597#comment-1101903 The overall Tech City initiative is good but I find it annoying that it really just focuses on a single area of London. The UK is not like US cities/states as there is consistency across the country in terms of tax, company structures, etc so I think it should have a much broader geographical remit.

I’d like to see more involvement and incentives for startups. Right now it seems to have had a lot of success driving inbound interest from outside investors and larger corporates. Getting them to set up within London/UK is good for the country generally and it’s good to see a tech focused branch of UKTI working on these kind of things.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2012/10/21/facebooks-joanna-shields-is-london-tech-citys-new-ceo/#comment-1099221 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:24:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=575597#comment-1099221 Nada

Have you seen the sheer number of VC dollars that are headquartered in London versus Berlin? Yeah, Berlin is fun, but it is not exactly Sand Hill Road or even London yet from a $$$ standpoint.

]]> By: Nada http://gigaom.com/2012/10/21/facebooks-joanna-shields-is-london-tech-citys-new-ceo/#comment-1099101 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:49:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=575597#comment-1099101 “Yes, there is less venture capital” in Berlin? Where did you get your Information?

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