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It is most likely that Zed didn't work with some of the most interesting startups in New York because he was too busy stroking his own ego and thinking he was t
by aditya 17y ago
It is most likely that Zed didn't work with some of the most interesting startups in New York because he was too busy stroking his own ego and thinking he was too good for them. ;-) (this is mostly a joke, Zed is a great guy but he loves pissing people off.)
So I'll take the bait and present:
Exhibit A: A list of the most well-known startups in NYC seems to completely disagree with what Zed is saying (Edit: that you need to be in banking, marketing, government or publishing to do a startup in NYC.)
1. Meetup
2. DoubleClick
3. Vimeo
4. Etsy
5. Gilt Groupe
6. Boxee
7. FourSquare
8. Tumblr
9. Bit.ly/Betaworks
10. Blip.tv
11. Drop.io
12. Hunch
13. omgpop
I've been here 6 years now, and think New York is about as great a place to build a startup than anywhere else in the country. Sure, there's a lot of hype around NYC and starutps and finance is still a huge part of the scene but if you want to build your startup here, don't let these silly posts get you down!
- ardit33 17y agohonestly, there are twice as many startups in the 1/2 mile stretch between elcamino st and caltrain castro st/ in mountain view. I know as I drive it everyday. And that's one town in the valley.
- aditya 17y agoYour point being? I was responding to Zed's point that you need to be in banking, marketing, government or publishing if you want to do a startup in NYC. It is obvious that the valley's startup scene is bigger, what I'm saying is that it is silly to write nyc off and make generalizations about what works here. Also, there's a ton of startups that don't get techcrunch'd all the time in NYC as well, that are doing cool stuff. Bug Labs being one of them.
- FooBarWidget 17y agoAs with most things in life, few things are mathematically true. You should rather read it as "your chances to succeed will drop by 99% if you're not in banking, marketing, government or publishing".
- aditya 17y agoCitation needed :-)