On 2/18/16 11:38 PM, Stephen Naicken wrote:
> On 17 February 2016 at 08:39, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
>
>> At 21:51 16-02-2016, Turbine Mauritius wrote:
>> I agree on what you wrote about having changing the mindsets at the top of
>> the list. Is anyone on the island willing to do that given that it means
>> talking about problems?
> It's rather ironic that people are reluctant to talk about problems in
> Mauritius and yet startups exist to solve problems. This situation
> doesn't fill me with any confidence for the future of the startup
> scene. If there is a fear of speaking up, perhaps due to the
> small-world characteristics of Mauritius, then this needs to be
> addressed. However, it is an issue that impacts beyond startups and
> is not easily resolvable.
>
> It may well be that those who are beginning to create startups will
> have to overcome the problems that many deny exist. At that point
> they will have to force the changes required to survive or likely
> watch their ventures fail. Perhaps we need a few failures to wake up
> the decision makers?
>
> Regards,
>
Hi Stephen, Talking about start-up, how are things going in "Silicon
Fen" ? I have friends doing some really cool stuff for Intel & RedHat.
It's one of those success stories in the UK that does not get a lot of
media coverage.
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