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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. I need to spend more time in Denver/Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Austin. I went to college during the bust. Documentation?

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. I need to spend more time in Denver/Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Austin. I went to college during the bust. Documentation?

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Entrepreneurial Density and Venture Capital

Feld Thoughts

High-Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley. Richard took this notion a step further in his article High-Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley and actually did some math. “It’s totally unfair to make Boulder separate from Denver. Combine Boulder and Denver. Was Cambridge separated from Boston?

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Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley

Version One Ventures

The predominant narrative among Silicon Valley start-ups has been: don’t open a second office until you have reached 100+ employees. However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Slack, Zoom).

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing. ” And if you’re curious, it wasn’t too long ago that Silicon Valley was also dying.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I would thank my mentors at Silicon Valley for guiding and teaching me how technology can be used to give life to so many ideas that are all around us. Photo Credit: Rick Denver. Thanks to Rick Denver, Fish and Coral ! #10- Photo Credit: Brian David Crane. Thanks to Brian David Crane, Spread Great Ideas! #9-

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Rural Broadband Necessary for Rural Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

It’s nice to see that people are recognizing that innovation isn’t always in Silicon Valley. He correctly identifies the reasons why Chicago, Denver, Cincinnati, and other smaller cities are becoming vibrant centers of start-ups. Case , you may recall, was co-founder of AOL.