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Re:Startup Hotbed Inferiority Complex by ivankirigin on Friday July 10, 2009 @07:07PM (#698570)
A very smart guy says "ignore everybody" to be creative. Maybe that's harder when there are more people around a lot like you, but not quite. http://www.changethis.com/6.HowToBeCreative
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Re:Startup Hotbed Inferiority Complex by pg on Saturday July 11, 2009 @01:08AM (#698839)
Sounds good in principle, but if you look at the matter empirically, very creative people almost invariably cluster in hubs. Empirically you seem to lose more from being in a backwater than you gain.
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Re:Startup Hotbed Inferiority Complex by ivankirigin on Saturday July 11, 2009 @08:20PM (#699629)
Those hubs can be online. Hugh is always on Twitter and often in the bay area.
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