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As a "young entrepreneur", I have no interest in Silicon Valley. In fact, I'm more inclined to be a farmer who moonlights as an engineer.

• balls187 9y ago
  Talent, investment, innovation culture, mentorship, and meetups are just a few of the reasons why Silicon Valley is a great place to be an entrepreneur. Yes, the downsides are well enumerated and discussed ad nauseum, and there are other interesting locations to run a startup, but dismissing it out right is rather silly.
  • QAPereo 9y ago
    Squandered talent, exceptional investment, buzzword, buzzword, partial-buzzword, connections. It’s a great place to be young and wealthy, with minimal affect and empathy.
    • balls187 9y ago
      > It’s a great place to be young and wealthy, with minimal affect and empathy. Is it though? The article makes a point that SV doesn't have the glitz and glamor, so if you're truly young and wealthy wouldn't you be better off somewhere else? I don't know if there is any correlation to age and relative wealth with regards to success as an entrepreneur, but I do know that actually being an entrepreneur is a lot of hard work, regardless if you were raised with a silver spoon or not. There is a lot of hustle, and a lot of grind. Maybe if you're rich you can immediately just use your own money to pay others to do the hustling and grinding, but at that point aren't you really just an investor?