The little things I learned in the valley
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The little things I learned in the valley
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Re: The little things I learned in the valley
#2>>>"Ironically there is a lot of hatred among the locals about “tech” but I was honestly surprised since the west coast is largely transient population."
It's interesting to note the parallels between SF and Bangalore in this aspect.
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#3There is hope on the streets. The cogs of the American economy seem like moving.
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A lot of people are homeless. Every year I visit it’s increasing. Maybe I am using the wrong streets. I am surprised there’s no startup to fix this.
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#4> A lot of people are homeless. Every year I visit it’s increasing. Maybe I am using the wrong streets. I am surprised there’s no startup to fix this.
Does he mean a startup to help him avoid streets with homeless, or a startup to solve the homeless problem?
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#5> Palo Alto, Mountain View etc. are no more part of Silicon Valley
Seems somewhat exaggerated to me. There's definitely a shift from the valley to the city (and Palantir eating up all available space in PA sure catalyzes this process), but I wouldn't say PA/MV are "no more part of SV".
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#6"Quite a few companies are built by people who have no passion for that business. They are in the axis mundi to strike gold. It makes me sad."
Worked or is working for Tony Hsieh @Zappos who couldn't give a crap about shoes.
I realize the author is actually talking about start-up founders and not CEO's of successful corporations, but we should be weary of the advice that you must be passionate about your market/product to be successful.
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#7> A lot of people are homeless. Every year I visit it’s increasing. Maybe I am using the wrong streets. I am surprised there’s no startup to fix this. Does he mean a startup to help him avoid streets with homeless, or a startup to solve the homeless problem?
Probably avoid streets since his next bullet is "A lot of socially driven business is just pure BS."
Solving the homeless problem would be a socially driven business and that would make it BS and not worth doing.
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#8> A lot of people are homeless. Every year I visit it’s increasing. Maybe I am using the wrong streets. I am surprised there’s no startup to fix this. Does he mean a startup to help him avoid streets with homeless, or a startup to solve the homeless problem?
I certainly hope we wasn't referring to a startup to help you avoid the homeless. Taken in context, I believe he's referring to the widening income gap and would therefore not be advocating simply avoiding them.
A startup to fix the homeless problem? Good luck.
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#9>>>`A lot of people are homeless. Every year I visit it’s increasing. Maybe I am using the wrong streets. I am surprised there’s no startup to fix this.`
https://handup.us/ is tackling the challenge of direct donations to homeless.
Re: The little things I learned in the valley
#10There is hope on the streets. The cogs of the American economy seem like moving. [...] A lot of people are homeless. Every year I visit it’s increasing. Maybe I am using the wrong streets. I am surprised there’s no startup to fix this.
Seems like he's missed the elephant in the room.
The tech sector's cogs are moving at an increasingly rapid pace whereas nearly everyone else has been jammed to a standstill or losing ground since 2008. The proliterian hatred of the tech sector is based on jealousy and misplaced blame for the fallout caused by gentrification which follows higher incomes.
The homeless are the most blatant casualties of a depressed economy, but rest assured, there are countless others who suffer without falling onto the streets.