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5 Keys To Starting A New Venture In Your Local Town

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. Is entrepreneurship ever viable or recommended in a small town? Entrepreneurs not innovating are actually losing ground.

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Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth Says Video Games Were What Hooked Him On Tech

Hunter Walker

The combo convinced me that software was for creativity and community — 100% impacted the rest of my life. I do feel lucky to have been raised in Silicon Valley where it was clear to everyone that this was a very valid and potentially lucrative career choice. Did Boston work for you right away or was there an adjustment period?

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

I was an early investor in a company called Harmonics which ended creating Guitar Hero … that got bought by Activision and then the rest of the company got bought by MTV and they created RockBand. “. We just finished the second year in Boston. So having spent a lot of time thinking about this Silicon Valley is a thing in and of itself.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s what makes you stand out from the rest. I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm. I also made several trips to New York & Boston. I hear Silicon Valley firms bragging all the time about how often they release software.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It’s what makes you stand out from the rest. I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm. I also made several trips to New York & Boston. I hear Silicon Valley firms bragging all the time about how often they release software.

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The Year of Startups Everywhere

Feld Thoughts

While the meme that the only place to build a company is in Silicon Valley has softened, there’s still a strong belief that the best place to be if you are a first time entrepreneur is Silicon Valley. My argument is, and has never been, against Silicon Valley, but rather for the rest of the planet.