subscribeAbout Tech Povera - technology as an art form.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Hi world. I am a 32-year-old entrepreneur living in Europe. The title "tech povera" was inspired by the art movement called "arte povera" back in the late 60’s. Reading the term in wikipedia reveals:
They [Artists] were working in radically new ways, breaking with the past and entering a challenging dialogue with trends in Europe and America. The artists would use any medium they could get for free or very, very cheap
This is exactly how I feel. Being an aspiring web entrepreneur, but living outside Silicon Valley (in Europe), where innovation or even risk taking is dealt in a completely different manner, I often find myself using any medium I can get for free or very, very cheap...
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2 Comments:
I have not worked anywhere else, but I always get a sense that everything here in Europe is going slooow... and risk taking is not perceived with the same enthusiasm as in the USA.
There is also another attitude problem we are faced here in Europe: if you fail... you are a looser!
Check out Scoble’s interview with an Austrian developer saying exactly the that:
http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/1365/view-of-a-young-european-developer
Nobody is going to give you a second chance to try something else. You have to do it on your own then. If one startup fails in the valley... Sure no problem, the founders move to the next. Options are always open as long as the new idea is good. People will look at it, fund it, promote it, whatever.
There is also another attitude problem we are faced here in Europe: if you fail... you are a looser!
Check out Scoble’s interview with an Austrian developer saying exactly the that:
http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/1365/view-of-a-young-european-developer
Nobody is going to give you a second chance to try something else. You have to do it on your own then. If one startup fails in the valley... Sure no problem, the founders move to the next. Options are always open as long as the new idea is good. People will look at it, fund it, promote it, whatever.
Considering that you are a "web entrepreneur", I am curious how do you like working from Europe?
The reason I ask: I am sort of considering it.