Re:European startups need to work as hard as Valley ones – o...
by stevoski on Friday November 20, 2009 @03:18PM
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The article writer claims:
"obviously the absolute pool of talent is smaller here in the UK/Europe than it is in the U.S. (and that cannot be disputed nor is it anything more than a function of population)"
It can be disputed. I am disputing it. The writer needs to check his population statistics.
Population of the US: 304 million
Population of the Euro area (therefore not including UK, Poland, and several other countries): 329 million
Source:
Eurostat
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
"obviously the absolute pool of talent is smaller here in the UK/Europe than it is in the U.S. (and that cannot be disputed nor is it anything more than a function of population)"
It can be disputed. I am disputing it. The writer needs to check his population statistics.
Population of the US: 304 million
Population of the Euro area (therefore not including UK, Poland, and several other countries): 329 million
Source: Eurostat U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division