Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis

Re:Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis by chiffonade on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @06:42PM (#493802)

> Can you point to other situations where an advanced infrastructure created by government led to an increase in entrepreneurial activity?

USPS. Interstate Highways. Airports. Seaports. SEC, FDIC, FAA, NTSB, etc. The Internet.

Quit thinking so small - swimming pools, hi-tech office parks, is this all you can muster?

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Re:Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @06:59PM (#493827)

Then how come startups don't flourish everywhere those services are offered? How come, for instance, Israel is the scene of a lot of startups? Or parts of India?

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Re:Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis by ibsulon on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @10:05PM (#493975)

I've heard of quite a few Israeli startups. FilesX being bought by IBM comes to mind off the top of my head. Bangalore is also starting to see its share of startups.

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Re:Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis by time_management on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @08:30PM (#493906)

Why does nothing grow if you pour water on a rock? How are large plants able to grow in the desert?

You need a mix of many factors in order to encourage tech startups, and startups can't "flourish everywhere" because many of those necessary ingredients are only found in half a dozen "star cities".

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Re:Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis by chiffonade on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @10:54PM (#494011)

> Then how come startups don't flourish everywhere those services are offered?

I'm not sure how to start tackling the logical fallacies in your response because there are so many.

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