Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs

Re:Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs by nanijoe on Thursday October 11, 2007 @01:55PM (#66361)

You need to understand Carson's position on this matter...He is trying to build up Europe as a startup hub, then someone walks in and tells his audience that there is a better startup hub. Ouch!!

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Re:Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs by alex_c on Thursday October 11, 2007 @02:18PM (#66380)

Well, still, his argument isn't that London / Europe today are just as good as Silicon Valley, his argument seems to be to stop telling people Silicon Valley is better because they'll go there and Europe won't be able to catch up... in effect, that Europe CAN be as effective as Silicon Valley if nurtured. But that simply agrees with pg's argument that today, Silicon Valley is a better destination.

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Re:Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs by gibsonf1 on Thursday October 11, 2007 @02:05PM (#66366)

Sometimes the truth really hurts.

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Re:Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs by menloparkbum on Thursday October 11, 2007 @03:09PM (#66417)

Actually, his position is that he makes money arranging web 2.0 conferences in London. How's he going to make money if all the "entrepreneurs" leave for silicon valley?

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Re:Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs by comatose_kid on Thursday October 11, 2007 @05:31PM (#66514)

He arranges web 2.0 conferences in the Bay Area too....

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