6683 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>The visit saw Blair <em>urged to set up his own blog</em>, as well to change attitudes to failure in business. </p> <p> <em>“In the US and especially in Silicon Valley, if you have taken a risk and you fail, you in fact become more interesting and potentially more valuable because now you know something,”</em> said <strong>Sun Microsystems' Jonathan Schwartz</strong>.</p> <p> <em>“Frankly, if you hop over the pond (to Europe) you end up with a very, very different perception of risk and how risk should be viewed.”</em> </p> <p>Blair attended a roundtable meeting with leaders including <strong>Apple’s Steve Jobs</strong> and <strong>Cisco’s John Chambers</strong>, and told them: <em>“We're trying in our way in Britain to make sure the UK is a dynamic, innovative country.”</em></p> <p>While he’s at it, he could take a glance at <a href="http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2005/07/where_are_all_the_uk_startups.shtml">this article</a> by <strong>Tom Coates</strong> last year.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>The visit saw Blair <Quote>urged to set up his own blog</Quote>, as well to change attitudes to failure in business. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Quote>“In the US and especially in Silicon Valley, if you have taken a risk and you fail, you in fact become more interesting and potentially more valuable because now you know something,”</Quote> said <Emphasis>Sun Microsystems' Jonathan Schwartz</Emphasis>.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Quote>“Frankly, if you hop over the pond (to Europe) you end up with a very, very different perception of risk and how risk should be viewed.”</Quote> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Blair attended a roundtable meeting with leaders including <Emphasis>Apple’s Steve Jobs</Emphasis> and <Emphasis>Cisco’s John Chambers</Emphasis>, and told them: <Quote>“We're trying in our way in Britain to make sure the UK is a dynamic, innovative country.”</Quote></Paragraph> <Paragraph>While he’s at it, he could take a glance at <Link URL="http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2005/07/where_are_all_the_uk_startups.shtml" Window="New">this article</Link> by <Emphasis>Tom Coates</Emphasis> last year.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2006-07-31T15:36:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Tony Blair took some time out from Middle Eastern politics on Sunday to pay a </strong> <a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=internetNews&amp;storyid=2006-07-31T030456Z_01_L31790091_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-BLAIR-USA.XML&amp;src=rss"> <strong>visit</strong> </a> <strong> to Silicon Valley’s brightest and best.</strong> </p> <p>Hopefully the PM will have left with some ideas about how to create an environment in which dotcom and tech start-ups can flourish here in the UK.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Tony Blair took some time out from Middle Eastern politics on Sunday to pay a </Emphasis> <Link URL="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=internetNews&amp;storyid=2006-07-31T030456Z_01_L31790091_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-BLAIR-USA.XML&amp;src=rss" Window="New"> <Emphasis>visit</Emphasis> </Link> <Emphasis> to Silicon Valley’s brightest and best.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Hopefully the PM will have left with some ideas about how to create an environment in which dotcom and tech start-ups can flourish here in the UK.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 117 361454 Blair gets lesson from Silicon Valley on innovation false 2006-07-31T16:12:00+01:00 blair-gets-lesson-from-silicon-valley-on-innovation 2009-04-29T22:53:35+01:00 2009-04-29T22:53:35+01:00 351