Re: UKNM: Three cheers Amazon UK

[Ian Betteridge]

Stefan Magdalinski wrote:


> Re: VC stuff

> If I remember rightly, this was all there when it was plucky UK-startup

> BookPages. As was the vastly superior(to amazon US) search capabilities.

> But would anyone invest in them in the UK?


Well that's the point, isn't it? Bookpages was distinctly undercapitalised,

thanks to UK VC's being a useless bunch. Their MD was actually turned down

by one VC on the grounds that "we've already invested in an internet

company"...


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