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VentureBeat: West Coast vs. East Coast — West is drubbing East, in modesty too

  • Startups.in/India · 3 years ago
    The correct link to the article on the differences is at Capital battle between the coasts.

    Matt, lately, you've been pointing to incorrect URLs in quite a few posts. What's going on? Stressed out? :)
  • Nate · 3 years ago
    Really, VentureBeat? You're now measuring "self-absorbtion [sic]" levels between the Coasts?

    I think the overwhelming feeling has been that NYC start-ups are pretty humble and chill. People like it here specifically because it doesn't have all the hype and tech-rock-star culture that the Valley has.

    Party on East Coasters!
  • Matt Marshall · 3 years ago
    Apologies, I've corrected the link. Stressed? Nah. Perhaps too self-absorbed. ;)
  • Andrew · 3 years ago
    The BioTech comment might have been in reference to the DC area, with the FDA and other government agencies and all the Genome research being done along the I-270 corridor.
  • Jimmy · 3 years ago
    I saw this article as well. Living on the east coast I am always curious as the reasons for the differences in cultures in this arena. I wrote a small piece on this news as well @
    http://eastcoastblogging.com/blog/2006/12/11/wh...
  • Jeff · 3 years ago
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  • Mike Volpe · 2 years ago
    The debate should not be about east vs. west, but about Boston vs. Silicon Valley - these are the 2 most important start-up zones in the world. INcluding NYC and LA and Florida in the debate muddies the issue. As a veteran tech starup guy who has worked in both San Francisco and Boston, I can confidently say that the Sillicon Valley startups brag too much and worry too much about their image and not enough about revenue and profit. This produces some huge wins, but also a ton of magnificent failures. While the Sillicon Valley game is fun to watch, I much prefer the understated, modest, puritan spirit of New England which instills in our startups a need and desire to focus on business results rather than flair and self-promotion.
  • David · 2 years ago
    Puritan spirit? It's call puritan snobbery...Boston's issue is that the VC and management community has been stuck in the 90's allowing most tech innovation pass them by while looking down their noses at "web 2.0" technology until something (like YouTube) makes some waves in the pool.
  • Danny · 2 years ago
    Let me see where to start. True facts are that the wealthiest cities are on the Weastcoast. Examples are San Jose, San Francisco, New Port Beach,,etc.
    Higher amount of College degrees are in San Francisco and Seattle area. Both were ranked as smart cities by CNNMoney.com
    Biotech and technology center(Sillicon Valley)are found in the Bay Area.Companies like google, Sun, Dell, HP,Oracle, Apple,etc.
    Boston doesn't have the best VC's, talent and schools.Stanford University and berkeley are in the Bay Area.
    I can actually say this are facts you can find on CNNMoney.com or in google.
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  • mariah lopez · 2 years ago
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