While I think there is some truth in the article, and the lack of innovation in SV, one should probably remind the author that some of the more interesting pure

While I think there is some truth in the article, and the lack of innovation in SV, one should probably remind the author that some of the more interesting pure technology startups are still SV based. To pick two close to my interests Complete Genomics: http://www.completegenomics.com/ http://www.completegenomics.com/ Pacific Biosciences: http://www.pacificbiosciences.com/ http://www.pacificbiosciences.com/ Tilera: http://tilera.com http://tilera.com (started out of MIT but now in San Jose) There is a lot more "noise" out there just because it's easier. I suspect it would have been the same in the past if the capital required was lower. That said we should be asking ourselves if what we are doing has a purpose? I meet too many people with a good "idea" but no purpose, and in the long term that might become a problem.