Paul, this post gives me hope. I'm now in a university belt and we're about to turn up the research heat and our students are seriously looking into startups -

Paul, this post gives me hope. I'm now in a university belt and we're about to turn up the research heat and our students are seriously looking into startups - perhaps your localization will materialize before our very eyes. And yes, still no Silicon Valley equivalent to contend with at the moment!