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Hyperbolic Headlines About Silicon Valley

Feld Thoughts

The hyperbolic headlines are once again accompanying the articles about Silicon Valley. A Sunday NY Times article titled Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley kicks off what I expect is another wave of this. Kind of entertaining that Netscape led us to Monroe, Louisiana. I’ll wait.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Mr. Willink would later bank roll the Louisiana Purchase - in someway a ‘super angel’ of the 18th century. Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India. In my view, we can do a better job of forming strong tech communities. But forget the quaint history facts.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

How has this reality impacted the type of community building you do—does it make you more careful? The first three short films highlighted three states (New York, Florida, and Montana) and we will be releasing our 4 th installment profiling Louisiana on CNN.com in November. Did you feel connected to Silicon Valley back then?