To be fair, the author's more arguing that Boston's not behind in the more traditional start scene. For YC stuff, the Valley seems much more willing to go in bi

To be fair, the author's more arguing that Boston's not behind in the more traditional start scene. For YC stuff, the Valley seems much more willing to go in big on less mature and potentially less profitable companies. No IPO's have happened in the web 2.0 space, which demonstrates that his metric is blind to the sort of thing you care about most.