Has the UK got Tech Talent?

[DodgyAgent]

Maybe immigration is the answer:

Immigrants far more likely to be entrepreneurial than British born*

One in five UK tech start-up founders are immigrants - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas


(US) 16 Iconic American Companies Founded By Immigrants | Huffington Post

Does that mean we should leave the borders open?

[oracleslave]

A nice comparison of what happens when startups are sold for short-term gain.

If I owned a start-up and had the opportunity to cash-in in the short term for gain I'd certainly take it. Who needs the headache of managing a global company when you can take the money and run off to do something more interesting

[DodgyAgent]

If I owned a start-up and had the opportunity to cash-in in the short term for gain I'd certainly take it. Who needs the headache of managing a global company when you can take the money and run off to do something more interesting

I am with you on that OS. I am happy with one car lot

[minestrone]

Maybe immigration is the answer:

Immigrants far more likely to be entrepreneurial than British born*

One in five UK tech start-up founders are immigrants - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas


(US) 16 Iconic American Companies Founded By Immigrants | Huffington Post

Opening up a phone repair shop is probably counted as a tech startup.

[DodgyAgent]

Opening up a phone repair shop is probably counted as a tech startup.

as is changing from perm to contract in IT

[minestrone]

One in five UK tech start-up founders are immigrants - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas

And I'm not sure they can distinguish genuine start ups from foreign people opening UK subsidiaries.

The article seems to be positioning support for remain so I'm going to go ahead and claim that it is bulltulip.

[LondonManc]

It could just be the case that techies over here see more money in safer sectors or are traditionally more risk averse and prefer the safe routes. A good quant techie doesn't need to take risks.

We're also seeing our brightest bods go elsewhere, discovering graphene and pushing other science boundaries as tech routes.

[Bee]

Need immigrants?