> Can anyplace really do the duplication of Silicon Valley as piecemeal? Categorically the answer is a simple "no". Most of these government sponsored programs

> Can anyplace really do the duplication of Silicon Valley as piecemeal? Categorically the answer is a simple "no". Most of these government sponsored programs are attempts to "inject" life into a system that has basically nothing. AFAIK, there isn't anywhere in the world where this has successfully worked. SV is SV purely because of capitalism. Interesting discussion on this: http://steveblank.com/2014/01/20/bigger-in-bend-building-a-regional-startup-cluster-part-1-of-3/ http://steveblank.com/2014/01/20/bigger-in-bend-building-a-r...