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Where Are the Tech Startups? (darrenherman.com)
4 points by python_kiss 7007 days ago
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dfranke 7006 days ago
This is a poor way of representing the data. It distorts the data based on the overall population of the area. A better approach would be to look at all the job postings in a given area and measure the percentage that sound like startups.
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mattjaynes 7006 days ago
Remember, that this data representation was only a 'smell test' as they defined it - and for most purposes here that's all that's needed ;)

Here's the original article with much more info:

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/06/startup_centers.html

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