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Entrepreneurshipandtechnology Where’sBritain’sBillGates? Britain’sgovernmentcannotconjureatechnologygiantoutofthinair.Butitcanhelp Aug6th2011|fromtheprintedition HYPERLINK"http://twitter.com/share"Tweet MEETtheBritishBillGates.HestudiedcomputerscienceatCambridge—droppingouttostarthiscareerinnearby“SiliconFen”.Thenhelaunchedhisownstart-up,basedat“SiliconRoundabout”,anewhuboftechfirmsineastLondon.BolsteredbyfinancefromtheCity,heresistedthelureofaforeigntakeover,ultimatelylistingontheLondonStockExchange. Itisaplausiblebiography—giventhenecessaryadditionofanimalspirits—butanimaginaryone.Britainhasnodigitalequivalentofthe18th-centuryindustrialinnovatorswhoturnedtechnologyintocommercialleadership.Itsmorerecentprowessinpharmaceuticalsandbiotechnologyhasnotbeenemulatedinthedigitalsphere.DavidCameron’sgovernmentshouldponderthisfailureandaddressthereasonsforit.Luckisoneofthem,butsoarenationalandEuropeanregulationsandatepidclimateforentrepreneurs. Inthissection HYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/node/21525403"Rearrangingthedeckchairs HYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/node/21525405"Timeforadoubledip? HYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/node/21525401"BringtheIslamistsin HYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/node/21525418"Cleaner,notcooler HYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/node/21525419"Ofdevelopmentanddictators »Where’sBritain’sBillGates? HYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/rights"Reprints Anationofdigitalshopkeepers Britainhasoneofthebiggestonlineeconomies.Itsresearchersinventedboththewebandthecomputer.IthastheEnglishlanguage—whichhelpstolinkitwithCalifornia’sSiliconValleyandIndianhigh-tech—andgreatuniversities.TherearethrivingtechclustersinBristol,Londonandelsewhere(seeHYPERLINK"http://www.economist.com/node/21525430"article).MoresothanotherEuropeancountries,BritainshouldbecompetingwithAmericaasatechleader. Yetithasnurturedrelativelyfewbigtechcompaniesandnohugeones.Inparticular,Britainhasvanishinglyfew“platform”firms—ie,thesortthat,likeMicrosoft,Googleor