Well, did you notice most of the top ten list had things like- Ranked No. 50 in the "Entrepreneurial Activity" indicator. Obviously they weighed that indicato

Well, did you notice most of the top ten list had things like- Ranked No. 50 in the "Entrepreneurial Activity" indicator. Obviously they weighed that indicator very lightly or else ignored it altogether. As for me, I think that in a free (enough) market the entrepreneurial activity indicator would be the most accurate of all. I think this article was to help state and civic governments feel good about themselves. Even the indicators like Venture Funding available and IT force don't mean much in the context of startups, in my opinion. Not if the IT force are all government workers (like in Virginia) or the VC firm has a small portfolio of enormous brick-and-mortar businesses (dunno if that's true in one of those). Possibly insightful initial data. Bad algorithm IMO for the conclusion.