http://www.robhyndman.com/2008/01/21/we%e2%80%99re-watching-the-race-from-the-sideline/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:03:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2008/01/21/we%e2%80%99re-watching-the-race-from-the-sideline/#comment-80293 WinExtra » Not in Canada Eh! Sun, 11 May 2008 04:37:12 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2008/01/21/we%e2%80%99re-watching-the-race-from-the-sideline/#comment-80293 [...] A one line post by Rob Hyndman; which is typical for him, lead me to a post on the StartupNorth blog by Will Pate where Will lets loose on our cavalier; or more likely lackadaisical, attitude toward the technology business in the Great White North and how we differ from our American counterparts When you meet technology people from Canada, we’re not in a race. We’re watching the race from the sideline. We act like technology entrepreneurship is closer to farming than shark hunting, as if risky business isn’t necessary to make the next Google or Microsoft. We putter around as if slow and steady actually wins races to innovate and grow technology businesses. We fail to light a fire under young entrepreneurs, like the ones that started every major tech company you can think of, and our best venture capitalists are putting their ships on “coast”. In a world of accelerating change, those are very dangerous habits. We need to lose our current attitude quickly. [...] [...] A one line post by Rob Hyndman; which is typical for him, lead me to a post on the StartupNorth blog by Will Pate where Will lets loose on our cavalier; or more likely lackadaisical, attitude toward the technology business in the Great White North and how we differ from our American counterparts When you meet technology people from Canada, we’re not in a race. We’re watching the race from the sideline. We act like technology entrepreneurship is closer to farming than shark hunting, as if risky business isn’t necessary to make the next Google or Microsoft. We putter around as if slow and steady actually wins races to innovate and grow technology businesses. We fail to light a fire under young entrepreneurs, like the ones that started every major tech company you can think of, and our best venture capitalists are putting their ships on “coast”. In a world of accelerating change, those are very dangerous habits. We need to lose our current attitude quickly. [...]

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