I'm not sure how many of these claims are true. The article claims that hiring outside of Silicon Valley is easier. I agree that there's more competition from

I'm not sure how many of these claims are true. The article claims that hiring outside of Silicon Valley is easier. I agree that there's more competition from other companies inside of SV, but there's just a lot fewer people to hire if you're based outside of a big tech hub (Bay Area, Seattle, NYC, Austin). Less competition to entice prospective employees, yes, but there's a lot fewer prospective employees. I'm also totally not understanding how regulation is advantageous to non SV companies. Both companies in Silicon Valley compaines and non-SV companies are subject to regulation. I don't see why lobbying for favorable regulation would be an easier outside of SV. The examples given here (e.g China) are not advantages of non-SV companies, it's the advantage of a government deliberately favoring domestic companies.