Right and the thing about scaling is that it is not the money. It is the talent and the opportunities. It takes sustained effort to build over many years. It re

Right and the thing about scaling is that it is not the money. It is the talent and the opportunities. It takes sustained effort to build over many years. It requires decent schools turning out decent talent that feed companies that hire more talent. Like the parent said, if there is only one game in town, that is high risk. You can't play get-a-raise ping pong if there aren't the companies to do so with. The other problem is at acquisition time. EVP of Google don't want to hire a team in BFE, Wisconsin or Lancaster, PA. They know those people aren't moving to SV and the EVP isn't taking two flights and an hour train/car to visit that remote office. Tech startups in these areas have to be more focused on revenue and not IPO and Acquihire.