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You must have missed the point. Google was successful because the founders developed a brilliant algorithm. But in anycase, Carnegie Mellon is apparently a top
by dbul 18y ago
You must have missed the point. Google was successful because the founders developed a brilliant algorithm.
But in anycase, Carnegie Mellon is apparently a top CS and business school drawing talent from all over the world including SV. If you really think Google's success was because of additional talent, then I still say Pittsburgh would have been a solution.
- karjaluoto 18y agoNo, I don't think he has. A brilliant algorithm isn't tantamount to business success. Plenty of great ideas languish, while lesser ones manage to gain traction. As important as any idea or innovation is the ability to connect it with the people who can help spread that message. I'd love it if this weren't true, but I'm afraid it is.
- dbul 18y agoBut it is absurd to say that it can only be done in the valley. Did Microsoft go to the valley when HP and Apple had a huge presence? No. People came to them.
- karjaluoto 18y agoIf it couldn't be done elsewhere, we wouldn't be working on ours in Vancouver. ;-) Still, if I were 22 and single, I'd start my start-up in the valley without a moments hesitation. Oh yes, and as for Microsoft--the rules are different for them. (When your revenues dwarf the GDP of some small countries you get a little more latitude.)
- ashr 18y agoI heard Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft