Thoughts from the road: building startups and collective ambition outside Silicon Valley
Just a few years ago, if you wanted to do something big, you needed to go to Silicon Valley. It meant frequent flights or moving your company to San Francisco to raise money from Bay Area VCs. Times are changing, and these geographical barriers are beginning to break down. Waterloo has another unicorn with Kik. […]
Can you build “Silicon Valley” companies outside of the Valley?
The big debate among tech circles has always been if it’s possible to build a “Silicon Valley” company outside of the Valley. Is Silicon Valley a physical place or a state of mind? Can upstart ecosystems in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, or Seattle churn out tomorrow’s billion dollar tech companies? Considering a large proportion of Version […]
I will blog more and you should do so, too!
Call it the Fred Wilson school of thought but hanging at the Union Square Ventures offices in the past month has really convinced me that I should blog more. And I have already started to do so in the past weeks (here, here, or here). Why? It is a great way of connecting with your […]