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Re:Ask YC: Dubai - future Startup Hub by pg on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @01:04PM (#129805)
You need more than money. Where the money came from also matters. So Miami, for example, has a lot of money, but few startups. I'd expect the same pattern in Dubai.
Re:Ask YC: Dubai - future Startup Hub by jdavid on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @02:40PM (#129914)
I know that, you know that, and i think Dubai knows that, but i am wondering if they might go after it as another point of pride.

We finally decided to make the move to Silicon Valley, not because of the money, but because of the networking and learning resources available. Where else in the world can you find 2 or 3 hackathons in the same week?

I was more or less looking at if from the point of, if Silicon Valley venture money is 2-5 billion, well it feels like Dubai is just spending that with ease. I wonder how many tech companies will spring up just to cater to the rich. Silicon Valley was built by decades of government funds coming into the area. I just wonder what Dubai could build if it wanted to.

Re:Ask YC: Dubai - future Startup Hub by sanj on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @01:09PM (#129817)
Channeling Richard Florida's "The Creative Class"?
Re:Ask YC: Dubai - future Startup Hub by pchristensen on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @01:18PM (#129828)