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I just realized recently the major distinction between the San Francisco tech scene and the South Bay/Silicon Valley tech scene: substance. The South Bay has a
by debt 12y ago
I just realized recently the major distinction between the San Francisco tech scene and the South Bay/Silicon Valley tech scene: substance.
The South Bay has all these established players like Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, etc(to name the larger names). San Francisco has the revenue-earners and shit like Clinkle(I guess we have Uber and Airbnb but that story hasn't fully played out yet). Like Square and Dropbox are toast and both SF companies.
I guess it's a small distinction but an important one. The SF tech scene is much, much younger than it's South Bay counterpart.
Clinkle will definitely fail(that is it will never become an established player on it's own like South Bay companies like Apple/Google/Yahoo/etc.). It'll likely be acquired or maybe even crash and burn, regardless I sincerely question it's long-term potential as I do most SF-based tech companies.
- makeramen 12y agoFWIW, Clinkle was housed in Mountain View for quite a while. While I generally agree with you on the distinction between established players vs startups, I don't think the geographic classification is clear cut as you make it.
- debt 12y agoIt's more of a hypothesis than a matter of fact. I do find it interesting that they moved to SF. Perhaps it was because companies like Clinkle can't hack it in the South Bay because engineers in the South Bay don't want to work for that crap(no long-term potential). I'm based in SF so I have no preference for the South Bay, it's just something I've noticed.
- ende 12y agoIs this ultimately a Stanford vs Cal rivalry thing?
- general_failure 12y agoWhy is Dropbox failing? Is Square failing because of Apple pay?
- debt 12y agoBoth will fail because of the Apple/Google conglomerate. Unless they have an ace up their sleeve I'm seeing acquisitions on both parts within a ~year.
- qq66 12y agohttp://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/11/19/salesforce-com-ceo-touts-first-billion-dollar-quarter-but-analysts-point-to-worries/ http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/11/19/salesforce-c...
- foobarqux 12y agoBig companies move to where real estate is cheaper.