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He is mischaracterizing Paul Graham's argument. The argument pg makes is that if all other things are held equal, your chances of success are higher in Silicon
by minimax 14y ago
He is mischaracterizing Paul Graham's argument. The argument pg makes is that if all other things are held equal, your chances of success are higher in Silicon Valley than they are in other cities, which is not the same thing as saying that Silicon Valley is the only place you can do a startup.
- RyanZAG 14y agoIt's fairly common to do this. When someone says 'X is harder unless Y' and people accept it, then soon everyone doing X must do Y as well. When the pendulum swings far enough towards Y, people start doing Not-Y and succeed, pulling the pendulum back. Basically, Paul Graham's argument about being in a startup hub was so clear cut a few years ago that everyone doing a startup moved to SV. Now with SV overcrowded with startups all trying to get the same investments and publicity, it might actually be easier to start a startup outside of the hub where there is far less competition for finance and talent.