Leo Ringer
@leoringer.bsky.social
Founding Partner at Form Ventures. Recovering policy wonk. Irrecoverable Norwich City fan. Unconvincing Geordie.
What most of them need if we care about growth, if you look under the hood of how they spend their money. A power to sack CEOs? Performative. The bit on specifying tolerances for consumer harm is one of the few redeeming features of the piece.
February 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What most of them need if we care about growth, if you look under the hood of how they spend their money. A power to sack CEOs? Performative. The bit on specifying tolerances for consumer harm is one of the few redeeming features of the piece.
Frankly, let the US distract itself with a slash-y "size of the state" exercise. It might save a bit of federal budget, but will piss off lots of people, and distract from them taking opportunities around the pro-growth regulation of new technologies - which make it more likely that the UK can.
January 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Frankly, let the US distract itself with a slash-y "size of the state" exercise. It might save a bit of federal budget, but will piss off lots of people, and distract from them taking opportunities around the pro-growth regulation of new technologies - which make it more likely that the UK can.
Interesting that even the Economist is still talking about "deregulation" and "cutting red tape" as if this is the substantive issue. When asked, virtually no business can name a regulation they want cut. The stuff about things you have to put on signs make nice silly examples but aren't relevant...
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The real issues are regulators' willingness and capacity to take measured risk as they regulate (i.e. drip-feed) the flow of new business models into the market. It's about their behaviour, incentives and capabilities. Not "a bonfire of rules". Rant continues here: fixtheregulators.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The real issues are regulators' willingness and capacity to take measured risk as they regulate (i.e. drip-feed) the flow of new business models into the market. It's about their behaviour, incentives and capabilities. Not "a bonfire of rules". Rant continues here: fixtheregulators.com
Time for Europe to carve its own path - open.substack.com/pub/formvent...
It’s time for European tech to stop fanboying US tech, and go our own way
We have lots to learn from the US on how to build a tech ecosystem; but Europe should take a beat before following down the MAGA path.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Time for Europe to carve its own path - open.substack.com/pub/formvent...