Scobleizer: The new worldwide startup
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Scobleizer: The new worldwide startup
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#3PR is being decentralized. Thanks to blogs, Skype, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook you can get onto TechCrunch no matter where in the world you are.
If your idea of decentralized PR (or effective PR) is "you can get on Techcrunch from anywhere in the world" you may have been living in the Valley too long.
Silicon Valley used to have a lock on geeks.
That's so wrong I don't even think it is worth refuting.
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#4I think this mistakes cause and effect. The hypothesis of the article is that new trends, like the cloud, being exploited globally make the Valley less important. But I think that other places are adopting Valley trends, like exploiting the cloud, because the Valley is becoming more important. And the reason the situation is improving for entrepreneurs in those other places is because they are copying Valley trends.
I know Cambridge, UK best since that's where I'm from. And increasingly, new companies are forming there with little funding and young, highly technical founders. More people there are reading TechCrunch, have heard of Y Combinator, and are more able to re-locate to the Valley thanks mainly to the spread of knowledge. In the future, the startup visa might come into play too.
The Valley's culture is going global, and other locations will benefit as a result, but the main beneficiary is the Valley itself.
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#5I think this mistakes cause and effect. The hypothesis of the article is that new trends, like the cloud, being exploited globally make the Valley less important. But I think that other places are adopting Valley trends, like exploiting the cloud, because the Valley is becoming more important. And the reason the situation is improving for entrepreneurs in those other places is because they are copying Valley trends.…
I dunno-- the Seattle startup scene has seen pretty insane growth over the last 5 years... It was purportedly nearly non-existant 5-7 years ago. Harj and I threw together a YC Seattle meetup that was over 100 people in about a week.
You could attend a startup related event in Seattle almost every day of the week.
I did some really weak science and found:
"In 2007, 45 of 110 (41%) acquired companies were in the Valley. In 2008, only 18 of 115 (16%) were."
(whole post with sources: http://bit.ly/bDpam)
I also (with some help) crunched all Crunchbase data here: http://bit.ly/Mapl1
The globalization make sense to me. 5 years ago, you couldn't even roll the dice without a million bucks. Now plenty of startups spin up with pennies. And while the Valley has a few advantages, the really CLEAR advantage that it has (which has diminishing value for the earliest stages) has always been the huge number of investors.
Still, though-- starting up might be getting easier, but when you need funding relocation might still be right thing to do.
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#6I think this mistakes cause and effect. The hypothesis of the article is that new trends, like the cloud, being exploited globally make the Valley less important. But I think that other places are adopting Valley trends, like exploiting the cloud, because the Valley is becoming more important. And the reason the situation is improving for entrepreneurs in those other places is because they are copying Valley trends.…
I dunno-- the Seattle startup scene has seen pretty insane growth over the last 5 years... It was purportedly nearly non-existant 5-7 years ago. Harj and I threw together a YC Seattle meetup that was over 100 people in about a week. You could attend a startup related event in Seattle almost every day of the week. I did some really weak science and found: "In 2007, 45 of 110 (41%) acquired companies were in the Valley…
I think Seattle was crawling with startups in the mid-nineties (the windows 3.1 era). Things go in cycles.
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#7I was with the author before the lame foursquare plug. I am not going to go to a coffee shop anywhere and ask anybody what foursquare is, because that does not prove anything and I am not going to foursquare's advertising for free. But I am going to make mental note that any blogger that mentions foursquare gratuitously without relevance is a shill and should not be trusted.
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#8There's far better places to startup than the valley, there always have been though. That's nothing new.
Probably if you're into the whole 'build to get acquired' thing, then it's an advantage, but if you're in it to build a profitable company then I'd say the valley puts you at a disadvantage. High cost of living, no public health care, not to mention all the software patent DMCA sue everyone legal risks.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I dunno-- the Seattle startup scene has seen pretty insane growth over the last 5 years... It was purportedly nearly non-existant 5-7 years ago. Harj and I threw together a YC Seattle meetup that was over 100 people in about a week. You could attend a startup related event in Seattle almost every day of the week. I did some really weak science and found: "In 2007, 45 of 110 (41%) acquired companies were in the Valley…
I think Seattle was crawling with startups in the mid-nineties (the windows 3.1 era). Things go in cycles.
There've been a decent number in the years in between too. Farecast (founded 2003, acquired 2008) and Twango (founded 2004, acquired 2007) come to mind as successful examples.
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#10I think this mistakes cause and effect. The hypothesis of the article is that new trends, like the cloud, being exploited globally make the Valley less important. But I think that other places are adopting Valley trends, like exploiting the cloud, because the Valley is becoming more important. And the reason the situation is improving for entrepreneurs in those other places is because they are copying Valley trends.…
I dunno-- the Seattle startup scene has seen pretty insane growth over the last 5 years... It was purportedly nearly non-existant 5-7 years ago. Harj and I threw together a YC Seattle meetup that was over 100 people in about a week. You could attend a startup related event in Seattle almost every day of the week. I did some really weak science and found: "In 2007, 45 of 110 (41%) acquired companies were in the Valley…
Thanks for the research. Just a little nitpick - could you please not use URL-shorteners. It's nice to know where you're going before you hit the link.