I was a founder in my hometown of Silicon Alley, New York City... I'm now building in San Francisco and def feel a higher level of casual warmth and readiness to share. Also, silicon valley / SF feels so small and cozy by comparison, it's as if we can all be within 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon (or Eric and Janel).
Definitely true. There are lots of options outside of Silicon Valley, but the Valley is special in ways that are hard to replicate. I'd add a couple of points. Folks in tech in the Valley deeply understand the product triad: product managers, engineers, and designers working a part of a tight-knit, cross functional team. Second, turning product teams loose to find solutions to business problems and to be key drivers of business value vs just executing on a solution developed by "the business." It's hard to overestimate the value of being surrounded by folks who are well aligned on this approach to building valuable businesses.
cannot agree more, the Silicon Valley 'Hustle' is hard to replicate anywhere else
I was a founder in my hometown of Silicon Alley, New York City... I'm now building in San Francisco and def feel a higher level of casual warmth and readiness to share. Also, silicon valley / SF feels so small and cozy by comparison, it's as if we can all be within 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon (or Eric and Janel).
Definitely true. There are lots of options outside of Silicon Valley, but the Valley is special in ways that are hard to replicate.
I'd add a couple of points. Folks in tech in the Valley deeply understand the product triad: product managers, engineers, and designers working a part of a tight-knit, cross functional team.
Second, turning product teams loose to find solutions to business problems and to be key drivers of business value vs just executing on a solution developed by "the business."
It's hard to overestimate the value of being surrounded by folks who are well aligned on this approach to building valuable businesses.