makes you wonder how the south is transitioning
It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town
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Re: It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town
#202One of the biggest lessons I've taken from New York's approach is not to try and be the next Silicon Valley (as every community is trying to be). You can't beat the Valley at its own game. That's foolish. Instead, look to what industries your community has long been successful in, and develop the tech to disrupt those industries before the Valley does. NYC's example was to focus tech on advertising, finance, and medi…
Most towns don’t have anything like that. What local economic activity there is fulfills inherently local needs: healthcare, education, construction trades, retail, etc. Maybe a handful of “legacy” players on the national/international stage still holding on from back when those things were less geographically centralized, with layoffs looming. Places desperate to become “the next Silicon Valley” aren’t anything to o…
I'm a little late to reply, but most towns formed around some type of localized economic activity: mining, forestry, shipping, hunting... something. Towns generally don't form for no reason at all.
That's not to say that EVERY town has such an opportunity. But it strikes me as the place to start.
Re: It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town
#203One of the biggest lessons I've taken from New York's approach is not to try and be the next Silicon Valley (as every community is trying to be). You can't beat the Valley at its own game. That's foolish. Instead, look to what industries your community has long been successful in, and develop the tech to disrupt those industries before the Valley does. NYC's example was to focus tech on advertising, finance, and medi…
> I'm from a small mining city in Canada (Sudbury, Ontario). Yet you got fibre optic to the home (with phone and tv) years before those of us in the south.
Yup, it's great.