Life outside the Valley
As you may have noticed, I am not located in Silicon Valley, yet I am pursuing a technology startup. The NY Times ran a story entitled It’s Not the People You Know. It’s Where You Are. . The premise is that you should be in Silicon Valley if you are a startup.
Of course, I disagree as do others. What do Skype, Last.fm, Netvibes, Xwiki, and Feedburner have in common? Hint: not Silicon Valley. And those are just the ones I know about. I’m sure there are others.
That’s not to say a location in Silicon Valley would not be beneficial. It certainly could be, but don’t believe the hype that you absolutely must be located in the valley. Take your idea and run with it wherever you are.
Know of other non-Silicon Valley startups? Post them in the comments!
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Curtis,
Thank you so much for including a link to our company on your blog, especially when you put XWiki along with Skype or Netvibes (actually Tarik used to be down the hall from us at the Telecom Paris incubator !). I sure hope that we will one day live up to that kind of success, but be assured that we are indeed doing fine, trying to meet growing demand as best and as fast as we can, looking forward to an exciting 2007.
Sincerely,
October 22nd, 2006 at 6:42 pmLuis