Apparently we're supposed to believe Silicon Valley is the only city privy to such little-known entrepreneurial know-how like "dream big" or "if you fail, try again" or "try and open doors and listen to people" - wow, seriously? Did they teach you that at Harvard?

Honestly, shit like this is beyond insulting - it's ignorant, elitest, and arrogant at best.

According to him, Silicon Valley became what it did NOT because of the historic semiconductor and electronics industries that were born there, NOT because of the world-class universities that reside there, NOT because of the major geographic significance of being a historic port city... no, no, no... none of that - it's because (now pull your notepads out you land-locked hillbillies in the midwest)... it's because Silicon Valley is a "trusting community" filled with "tribes of trust"...

Oh, well FUCK ME dude, you're right - places like Oklahoma just have the wrong fucking tribes! Too many Cherokees and Apaches, not enough "trust tribes"...

(sorry, this really pissed me off...)

Next Silicon Valley be virtual imo. Breaking limitations of travel further and bringing people from diverse backgrounds together with ease.

Y.com could be one if it breaks with geography a bit more.

Indeed, I always thought the whole part about moving to the Bay Area was a little close-minded. Although, I guess they might have tried (and failed) to do everything online. It's just... different.

They dont have to do everything online, they would have to pick a list of places to start creating regional hubs in and operate as a multinational.

This seems to crop up a reasonable amount - I always wonder, why another silicon valley? Why not something unique?

Certainly. Especially when something comparable to the IT revolution (in its combined soft- and hardware aspects) rears its head. But, as inconceivable as the IT rev. was... so is "the next big thing".

I love Forbes but they've gotten it horribly wrong. In East Lansing we want to be the next Boulder. It's a big audacious goal but it is also within the realm of being achievable.

PS Strongly agree with Brad Feld if you are to succeed it has be led and run by the entrepreneurs or it won't work.

Replicating what already works is one option. Building off that and creating something that is yet to be known is another option.