How do you make it in America?

Today we spent time at the Boston Scottish Development International office.

We heard the benefits of US companies expanding to Scotland and the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of UK companies trying to 'make it' in America.

To me, a company expanding into a new country is always going to be hard work but left me questioning, are we - the UK and the US - really that far apart? I heard today that we're two countries separated by the same language... is that true?