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by protomyth 5823 days ago
It can if there is no historical technology culture. MN is in a bad spot because it has high taxes and no history. Plus, the government (both state and local) really don't care about technology startups. Heck, most of the large IT shops in the area are run by people who don't want tech startups because that would increase their costs. They already recruit from around the area (Iowa and ND) for tech to keep the price down.
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mml 5823 days ago
mn has plenty of history (you may have heard of youtube, or unisys, or cray), and a good number of entrepreneurs. just no angels. angels can go to hell imho. i'll bootstrap thanks.
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johns 5823 days ago
One of the YouTube founders having loose ties to MN does not make it a MN startup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim
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protomyth 5823 days ago
Youtube really doesn't count (see johns's comment). Unisys comes from the merger of Sperry and Burroughs which both had their origins in Philadelphia[1] and is now headquartered in PA. Cray started as a MN company, but after a long and colorful history (some would say tragic) it is now headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Well, angels and VCs are needed by a lot of people and MN doesn't have the environment to support a startup community.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Corporation

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