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This is why I really don't think there will be another start up hub in the US other than Silicon Valley, and to a lesser extent, Boston. Top schools attract and
by trsohmers 10y ago
This is why I really don't think there will be another start up hub in the US other than Silicon Valley, and to a lesser extent, Boston. Top schools attract and breed top talent that start companies, which create new capital, and invest that back into the community.
Also: AMD wasn't started by anyone at Intel, it was founded less than a year after Intel by 8 employees of Fairchild.
- sanderjd 10y agoI'm not sure what your sentence about "top schools" has to do with your parents' comment about non-competes. There is definitely a feedback loop with successful alum from top schools in the bay area and Boston investing in graduates from their schools, many of whom then become successful themselves and do the same, but it isn't clear (to me) whether that has more to do with the talent of those graduates or with their increased likelihood of receiving investment due to the feedback loop itself. If it is the latter, the cycle could be broken by smart investors paying less to invest in the same level of talent, without the same pedigree.
- NotSammyHagar 10y agoYeah, I'm guessing you are from Boston or s.v. How about Seattle, Austin, Portland. How many large successful companies do you need before it's a startup hub? Boston is prob. not a great example.
- morgante 10y ago> and to a lesser extent, Boston NYC has a bigger startup ecosystem than Boston at this point.
- meddlepal 10y agoIn terms of software startups that is definitely true and easy to do because NYC has several orders of magnitude more people than Boston. Boston owns the healthcare and biotech startup sector though - it's basically SV East for those industries.