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To be honest though, CA is the best case for VC funding, and I'm willing to wager the number of states with significant VC funding of science can be counted on
by Fomite 9y ago
To be honest though, CA is the best case for VC funding, and I'm willing to wager the number of states with significant VC funding of science can be counted on your fingers.
In comparison, the NIH funding is nation wide, and specifically has mechanisms for underfunded states. What do you think the ratio of funding between the NIH and life sci VC funding is in say...Idaho?
- aaavl2821 9y agoI agree. Massachusetts is maybe the only other state like that. I admittedly used an outlier example as it illustrates a trend, and I know so many scientists who dont realize 1) how hard it is these days to get tenure and 2) how much opportunity there is to do cool science outside of academia, so I use this example to show them that there are other options For what it's worth, I know there are movements to attract more VC funding to places like Pittsburgh, NYC, San Diego, Texas, North Carolina etc. still early stages, but I think in 15 years things could be very different