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Sun, Sand, and Software: Why Miami is Fired-Up for Tech

ReadWriteStart

People who say Austin is the “next Silicon Valley” have obviously never been to Miami. Miami has its tropical climate, world-class art scene, and ample business crowd, technology companies have found a new home-sweet-home, leaving locals wondering what took so long?

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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley has been, historically speaking, the source of much innovation. For both lifestyle and business, Miami has a lot going for it. Miami has had an on and off relationship with dot com development for over 25 years. San Francisco is already well publicized.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S.,

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Be Where Your Business Is

Steve Blank

While Erin’s main sales office is in New York, next to her major prospects and customers, Erin’s company was headquartered in Silicon Valley, down the street from where we were having breakfast. My VP of Sales and I are running as fast as we can, but I’ve been around long enough to know I might be the ex-CEO if we can’t scale.”.

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Why There’s A Startup Boom In The US Midwest

The Startup Magazine

billion company and has built up this valuation outside the Silicon Valley scene. The city has been building a thriving startup ecosystem to rival Austin, Denver, Miami and Toronto. The culture is very different from that of Silicon Valley. Today, Sprout is a $6.6 The Global Fight for Talent.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley. Despite the overblown stories about the decline of Silicon Valley, the fact is that it remains the strongest entrepreneurship network in the world.