> "Bay Area VC-funded companies are now the conservative, boring choice. They don't involve much risk" The question I love to ask around is whether any of thes

> "Bay Area VC-funded companies are now the conservative, boring choice. They don't involve much risk" The question I love to ask around is whether any of these VCs or so-called "angels" of today would write a check to a smelly barefoot bum in a garage working with two other nerds on some unknown unproven electronic board. (in other words, how Mark Markkulla wrote the check to Steve Jobs to fund Apple) > "I don't know where the next emerging opportunities are" I am not sure either, but if I was 22 today I would be packing my stuff and buying a one-way ticket to China. (I did live 2 years in China and left recently due to family reasons, but I am almost 40 now).