Hahaha what a f’kn joke. Please, Puh leez don’t flatter your self. Ooo what app or cool website are you going to think of next? Hmm so many ideas. Here’s a hint dick, um the only websites people really care about, think about it for a second, I know it’s hard to take your mind off of that cool little icon in front of you. So the websites people really care about are the ones that monitor their bank account, utilities, cell phone, mortgage, health, car, and credit card. U know, the usual stuff, that was there before Silicon Valley was. And please don’t think you can create an all encompassing web site that will have all of these sites on one page – its been done, by everyone. So what does that mean for you? It means every idea out of Silicon “wannabe San Francisco” Valley is useless, and venture capitalists need to stop giving you people money, its a f_cking waste of time. Yahoo? please. Google? Whatever. Get over it. I’m sure the nets day will come soon, and all you people in front of the new idiot box will suffer. Hahah

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My observations of Silicon Valley are that it had changed from a place driven by innovation and creativity to a place full of transient people looking to make a quick buck. Gone are the days that 2 hippy Geeks in a garage create an innovation that changes the world. This has been replaced by well connected people with impressive big company experience that are funded by young arrogant Ventrue Capitalist with MBA’s from big name schools with big company experience. and little proven street smarts or operating experience in a startup environment. Funding for sales and marketing are now the keys to a successful tech company and the backend work is sent offshore to places like India.

I could not see Silicon Valley for what it was until I left as I too was caught up in the hype that Silicon Valley somehow had some sort of superior infrastructure to everywhere else which is why Silicon Valley had so many successful companies.

I have now come to the conclusion that the real reason Silicon Valley produces quite a few successful startups is purely money. Had Serge Brin and Larry Page been located in Ann Arbor, Google never would have got off the ground because of lack of funding.

I found there are alot of smart people with creative ideas who don’t live or want to live in Silicon Valley. There are some advantages in not being located in Silicon Valley as it is easier to attract bright talented people who also want a good quality of life outside work, talent is more affordable, and you don’t have to compete with Google and 5,000 other tech companies for the same talent. The talent pool in Silicon Valley is heavily diluted and mediocre people can move into high positions.

The missing ingredient for success outside Silicon Valley has less to do with the Silicon Valley infrastructure, and more to do about risk capital, both angel and venture money. But I sense the world is changing and astute investors will score big time finding the next Google not in Silicon Valley, but perhaps in Ann Arbor or Australia.