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Telcos wanna deny it but it's close to a commodity. This is mostly money shifting around. When was the last time they introduced a game changer? Google Fiber is something else, it's simply 50 times faster than the average Internet connection.
> Europeans don’t realize that if a company that went from nothing to connecting 7 million homes is not celebrated...
That's total BS. You dont need a culture of fanatical adoration of business success for their to be successful businesses.
> if a company ... is not celebrated ... we will not get young Europeans on the right track
It really worrisome how these people have to go around reminding everyone how amazing they are. I think our children will do just fine without being propagandised by self-aggrandizing money-chasers.
If you primarily rely on sources of information in English (of which I'm guilty, too) then obviously you will be mostly getting information from the Anglosphere dominated by the US because it's, oh you know, richest and most powerful country in the history of the world. This is not some "Americans cover their successes" thing. It's that they matter more. There is an underlying economic reality in which we are lagging…
That said, the idea that the coverage of US based acquisitions are inherently more important than elsewhere worldwide is utter nonsense.
As other comments point out, many, many large nontechnical acquisitions get very little coverage outside their respective channels. There are a handful of tech companies who have become media darlings and/or are considered within the community to be thought leaders or industry shapers, who make headlines with every move.
But the OP makes a great point, in that when some successful founders reach at least sudo celebrity status (eg: Jack Dorsey), and can be used as examples they can be magnets that encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Think about it this way in 2012 "mobile networks revenues were larger than all revenue combined from mobile phone sales, PCs, online ads, books, recorded music, watches, Apple, Amazon, Google & Facebook."
I'm Spanish, more or less watch the Spanish media (around 3-4 times per week during lunchtime, usually I don't check most news) and I wasn't aware. So not even our media cares.
If you primarily rely on sources of information in English (of which I'm guilty, too) then obviously you will be mostly getting information from the Anglosphere dominated by the US because it's, oh you know, richest and most powerful country in the history of the world. This is not some "Americans cover their successes" thing. It's that they matter more. There is an underlying economic reality in which we are lagging…
This effect even gets reinforced by the European journalists: a German speaking journalist will read German and English sources. A Spanish journalist will read Spanish and English sources, etc. Having the "lingua franca" is a huge asset for the Anglosphere. It not only affects the flow of news, it also leads to cultural dominance (everyone watches Hollywood movies, but European movies are primarily shown in their hom…
Language is the way we think, translating the way we think to one language changes how we think (i.e things are lost).
> The times where each country could have their own soup are over.
There are more people who don't care about the anglosaxon world than there are people who do care (China is a prime example here).
If you primarily rely on sources of information in English (of which I'm guilty, too) then obviously you will be mostly getting information from the Anglosphere dominated by the US because it's, oh you know, richest and most powerful country in the history of the world. This is not some "Americans cover their successes" thing. It's that they matter more. There is an underlying economic reality in which we are lagging…
Is because is perceived as such, regardless if it's true or not. Because under measures such as the GDP is far from the top[0]
[0]http://travel.fyicenter.com/Country/List_of_Countries_by_GDP...
If you primarily rely on sources of information in English (of which I'm guilty, too) then obviously you will be mostly getting information from the Anglosphere dominated by the US because it's, oh you know, richest and most powerful country in the history of the world. This is not some "Americans cover their successes" thing. It's that they matter more. There is an underlying economic reality in which we are lagging…
>Anglosphere dominated by the US because it's Is because is perceived as such, regardless if it's true or not. Because under measures such as the GDP is far from the top[0] [0] http://travel.fyicenter.com/Country/List_of_Countries_by_GDP...