You read it wrong (or I was unclear in what I meant, more likely). YC and PG (and thus news.yc) has a STRONG valley bias. I personally think the Valley's impo

You read it wrong (or I was unclear in what I meant, more likely). YC and PG (and thus news.yc) has a STRONG valley bias. I personally think the Valley's importance is overblown (and that the domination of the Valley is fading). So the remark was more of a jab at valley purists than a statement that "secondary" cities like Boulder (and Seattle, where I am) are less solid. That said, of course, statistically more startups get funded and sold in the valley than anywhere else (by raw # and percentage, near as I can tell). So yeah, I guess these numbers would be remarkable in the valley and are slightly more remarkable in a non-valley town. I have a few posts (with some data) talking about how I think the Valley is losing dominance-- and I'd think TechStars' success is yet another data point here. (search for "valley" and see 1st, 2nd, and 5th post on my blog if you'd like to see some interest data: http://www.tonywright.com/ http://www.tonywright.com/ )