Re:The European startup ecosystem arrived
by JoeAltmaier on Thursday January 27, 2011 @10:16AM
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I live in (near) a smaller city (70,000) with a University. We have a vigorous startup landscape.
There is no monopoly on brains in a large city. In fact, as my Aunt Kate used to say, Honey attracts Flies. Big cities have a disproportionate share of not-so-good players. In smaller towns you can only stay if you're employable, have a modicum of skills.
Still, there's many other drawbacks - scarce investment, more difficult to find markets, absolutely bounded set of talent, hiring inertia (folks tend to stick to their job).
There is no monopoly on brains in a large city. In fact, as my Aunt Kate used to say, Honey attracts Flies. Big cities have a disproportionate share of not-so-good players. In smaller towns you can only stay if you're employable, have a modicum of skills.
Still, there's many other drawbacks - scarce investment, more difficult to find markets, absolutely bounded set of talent, hiring inertia (folks tend to stick to their job).