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Re:Manhattan edges out San Francisco in new early-stage star... by cashmonster on Monday May 22, 2023 @09:05PM (#36038615)
Lagging indicator of what specifically? (I agree I could imagine many relevant measures it lags, just wondering what you have in mind).
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Re:Manhattan edges out San Francisco in new early-stage star... by hunkins on Monday May 22, 2023 @10:46PM (#36039198)
Lagging indicator of previous success. For tech, this currently is Bay Area start-ups (Meta, Google).

The safe route is to invest based on brand name (aka previous success): Bay Area, ex-FAANG, Stanford education, etc. But by definition, you are trying to bet on current and future trends using previous data.

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Re:Manhattan edges out San Francisco in new early-stage star... by rcme on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:26PM (#36039437)
Later stage companies raise bigger rounds, so the metric will lag even if more companies are starting elsewhere.
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