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# Tech City's new Shields
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2012/10/tech_citys_new_shields/
- Published: 2012-10-21T10:47:16.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:46:45.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: london, startups, tech city, technology

Interesting [interview with Joanna Shields](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/9622748/Joanna-Shields-The-first-lady-of-Londons-Tech-City.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), ex-Facebook and now chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation:

> “London has access to government through Westminster, you have the creative industries \[and\] you have the financial sector. You almost have Washington with government, New York with financial and advertising and creative and Los Angeles with creative all in one city and within a few square miles.
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> “This is the gateway to the world. It should not be a stepchild to other cities. It should be in its rightful place as the centre for innovation, the digital industries. The time has come.”

I think she has a big challenge on her hands, but she has the right pedigree and [attitude](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/12/five%5Fthings%5Fi%5Flearned%5Ffrom%5Fday%5Fone%5Fof%5Fle.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).