IMO, the key difference between London and Silicon Valley is the "Pay it Forward" attitude prevalent in the Bay Area - people are prepared to help you out without any expectation that they'll receive anything in return. In London, there's more of a "What's in it for me?" attitude.
One of the reasons I started organising the LDN2SFO trips was to expose more Brit entrepreneurs to the collaborative culture in the Bay Area in the hope that they would bring it back to London.
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IMO, the key difference between London and Silicon Valley is the "Pay it Forward" attitude prevalent in the Bay Area - people are prepared to help you out without any expectation that they'll receive anything in return. In London, there's more of a "What's in it for me?" attitude.
One of the reasons I started organising the LDN2SFO trips was to expose more Brit entrepreneurs to the collaborative culture in the Bay Area in the hope that they would bring it back to London.