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It can't happen fast enough, IMO. The mono-culture around Silicon Valley and startups could really use some fresh viewpoints and new ideas.

• walshemj 10y ago
  For example?
  • trustfundbaby 10y ago
    That you don't always have to raise shittons of Cash to "do" a startup, or that you should have to show a path to profitability early on to get funding ... for example
    • danielrhodes 10y ago
      That makes no sense. You raise money to explore new markets and not worry about profitability right away, but instead focus on growth. But if your unit economics are not good and will never be good, why would anybody want to invest?
    • walshemj 10y ago
      How is that a "monoculture"? and these days you have to raise far lass cash than back say in 2000
  • jlarocco 10y ago
    What do you need an example of? Mono-culture in SV is well known. First, it's simply not possible for poor and middle class people to live there and have any kind of normal life. Second, it's well known (often reported by the companies themselves) that most SV tech companies are dis-proportionally made up of white (and some asian) men. The mono-culture often makes SV look out of touch with reality. Products like Juicero and Soylent, come to mind. The way Uber has handled sexual harassment claims, is another example. There are examples all over the place.