RE: UKNM: RE: panorama

[Glen Collins]

Neil wrote, " Hilarious because it was so off the mark. Poorly researched

programme and not one that Panorama should be proud of. "


Sadly I don't think it's that off the mark.


There's an absolutely huge amount of 'hopefulls' (being a polite phrase for

them) who have ill conceived business plans and no idea of the industry or

indeed belief in where it's going.


The thing that was dissapointing about the programme was that it only showed

this side of the startup industry.


It's probably the majority or certainly a large part of the current UK start

up's that have this purely gold-rush outlook, but it would have been nice to

have had an individual or company who actually believe in what they are

doing and have a strong management team, strong idea, strong financial basis

etc etc purely for balance if nothing else.


We're working with a lot of startups who indeed fit this bill and I'm sure

just one of them would have given this balance to the programme.


However, it's not surprising that they were not sought out in the research,

as it makes for a better story portraying the naive startups who will freely

admit they are just looking for a quick buck.


Glen.

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> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Neil Vose [NeilVGBC [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:NeilVGBC [dot] co [dot] uk)]

> Sent: 04 April 2000 17:27

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: RE: UKNM: RE: panorama

>

> Hilarious because it was so off the mark. Poorly researched programme and

> not one that Panorama should be proud of. Di

>

> If the majority of the people that they profiled are representative of our


> industry then we should all pack up  now and go sit on a beach.

>

> Also, I do get the feeling that some VC's think it's OK for them to make

> money so long as no one else gets a sniff!


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