[jlgbecom]

I like that there are perspectives that question the Silicon Valley approach to start-ups. Although of course there's definitely good to come out of it, there's also an extraordinary amount of ego and hype. Some might argue more than there is good.

I'd prefer to see people focus on building entrepreneurship in other cities, as well as experimenting with alternative forms of business structures (non-profits, cooperatives, etc), for those who are really adventurous.

There doesn't have to be a one-size-fits-all track for creating a new technology, and a diversified tech economy is a healthy one.

[znmeb]

I could buy that argument if people in the Valley weren't so harsh to founders from other parts of the world and so adamant that the people there were "better" in some significant way than, say, my home town of PDX. I've heard a number of stories of businesses that were told to move their HQ to Silicon Valley. That's a big part of why I wrote what I wrote - Angelgate was just the crowning example of arrogance and viciousness that seems to inhabit Silicon Valley.