Originally Posted by
Sunfish
I'm sure you might see a lot of stuff in your travels, but ANCA was one company I had in mind when I suggested it was patriotism/national loyalty of the founders that kept them in this country. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but not 100% wrong.
I know there are a lot of very small companies around doing very clever things, but in the current climate they won't grow before they bugger off overseas.
I spent yesterday evening with an entrepreneur and very clever engineer, who was bemoaning the fact that mechanical design skills were in very short supply in the country. We have basically allowed the nation to shrink to below the critical mass in engineering/industrialization. Anyone with any high end skills disappears overseas. I came back to Australia in '08 after more than a decade away. To be honest, it was a bit of a mistake to come back. I see a move away again on the horizon at some point.
