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Can confirm that these are real problems (Belfast here).

I'd disagree that there's any kind of local bump among Europeans from being in Europe. More often than not, I've found that being based in Europe only serves to put people off, even at home.

I must admit that in the past I've outright skipped over new shiny apps and websites based in Europe (even if I believe in the idea) under the assumption that they'll just get crushed later by a US-based rival anyway, although I try to really give them a fair shake these days and not be an ass about it.

The funding picture here is fairly anemic too, and relies quite heavily on government support. Most European governments have some public funding allocated to building their "own Silicon Valley", but their results from allocating funding is about what you would expect from people not well versed in the industry.

I wrote about this recently as relates to losing Web Summit for silly reasons on Medium (same username). Don't want to direct link as I'm not trying to hijack the thread, people can check it out if they're interested.

Thanks for writing this.

[danmaz74]

> I must admit that in the past I've outright skipped over new shiny apps and websites based in Europe (even if I believe in the idea) under the assumption that they'll just get crushed later by a US-based rival anyway

And this is one of our big problems in this space.