Why UK should take more risk

"My parents were very worried and a friend of my father, who was an investment banker at the time, took me to one side to warn me that this would be the worst decision I ever made. Thirteen years later, GoCardless is worth $2.3bn."

Why UK should take more risk

"My parents were very worried and a friend of my father, who was an investment banker at the time, took me to one side to warn me that this would be the worst decision I ever made. Thirteen years later, GoCardless is worth $2.3bn."

https://x.com/t_blom/status/1792601855538901152

Exploring what's next / Founder @launch / YC alum

That generation of advice is cycling out.  Would have made for a nice angel investment too.

Frankly Tom is making a false correlation between Oxbridge and technical expertise. Having done a social science degree, he knows better. 

That said, even in the ComSci dpt and startup world, I can say that Oxford does both in a very academic way that isn’t amenable to actually founding