The initial seed for a startup culture must be locally derived first. Looking at places like Austin and Utah (Silicon Slopes), the local scene developed first-

The initial seed for a startup culture must be locally derived first. Looking at places like Austin and Utah (Silicon Slopes), the local scene developed first- now more outside money is coming now that the 'existence proof' that it can be done well in these places has been established. I think the necessary (but not completely sufficient) ingredients are lots of young CS grads who would like to stick in the area and a strong local entrepreneurial business culture. That will eventually create the base for successful startups and hopefully get a couple unicornish companies to blaze the trail.