[PheonixPharts]

Boston at number 6?

I find this list hard to take too seriously. Despite the city's incredible university culture it's always been fundamentally anti-startup from it's very nature.

Boston is a city were credentials matter far more than ideas, and even then there's a strong, strong culture of "you aren't special, nobody is". People are skeptical of new ideas, compensation for tech has always been abysmal, and people tend to be surprisingly risk adverse.

I've lived there a few times, and there are parts of the city I love, but nobody seriously interested in anything disruptive is going to be hanging in that area too long after graduation.

[legitster]

Taking a look at Boston in this report and it is dominated by startups in categories like agriculture, drug research, and fintech.

I don't think these are "startups" like a couple of guys and a beer keg - they are looking at well-funded business ventures.

[Sparkyte]

Boston is a suit & tie startup scene completely different from the West Coast. You won't find anyone wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt in office.

[jncfhnb]

That’s because Boston is cold and we think Hawaiian shirts are dorky. Casual culture is alive and well, but different

[Sparkyte]

I used to be from East Coast, those pocket protectors are not just for pens but snack storage.

[Zigurd]

Google Mitch Kapor Hawaiian shirt. Nobody in Boston VC or angel investing wears a tie. They might wear a jacket and laundered shirt meeting a limited. Nobody pitching them wears a tie.

[Sparkyte]

It is a phrase, very serious and hard to enter. If someone is a fresh grad or someone with tons of experience wants exposure to a fast pace burn you out startup culture there is absolutely nothing like West Coast startups.

[gfourfour]

Even if credentials matter more than ideas there’s more than enough credentialed people to go around and soak up funding

Plus, tech isn’t the only startup dimension. Boston has a ton of medical stuff too.

[KennyBlanken]

> it's always been fundamentally anti-startup from it's very nature.

Apollo, Akamai, BBN, DEC, Data General, Draper Labs, EMC, Prime, Raytheon, Stratus, Thinking Machines, Wang...and numerous others I'm probably forgetting.

The 128 and 495 belt used to chock full of tech companies.

Nowadays it's a lot of bioscience startups.

[COGlory]

Boston is the biotech capital of the US.

[monero-xmr]

Isn’t Boston usually ranked 2nd or 3rd in these lists? I think the MIT ecosystem, military / defense, and biotech usually make them punch above their population size. But also Boston itself is fairly tiny but when you include Cambridge and surrounding cities it’s like 5 million people.

[fsckboy]

What's your beef?

>Boston at number 6? ... I find this list hard to take too seriously.

and silicon valley london, new york, tel aviv, and los angeles are ranked higher than it; the headline, that seattle dropped to 20, is the headline.

after Boston are singapore, beijing, seoul, tokyo, shanghai, and washington dc.

what is your suggested list? I just don't understand what you and many other commenters are saying.

[giantg2]

Pretty sure a lot of it is related to MIT and biotech.