Comments on: Is Silicon Valley Dead?

By: Harun

Harun — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:42:00 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:14:00 +0000

Something like 40+% of start-ups in the USA by $$ value are in Silicon Valley.nnYou are talking abour 1s and 2s everywere else.nnNew York as a current start-up boom due to publishing for mobile devices and Internet as old school publishers change or die. This is hardly world-changing stuff, just an old industry froced by silicon valley to get up to snuff.nnYou also seem to be talking about light weight Internet start-ups – content, specialized e-commerce, blogs/edited content, social apps, and mobile apps, …. alomst none of which have the ability to turn into game changes … they are basically good small businesses…nnkind of like the plumbers and electricians of the 21st century….the real game changes will still come up of the valley.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:25:04 +0000

Two thoughts:

1 – I I understand the argument correctly, then one of the primary forces undercutting SV (if, in fact, that is happening) is a set of technological advances created by Silicon Valley itself. Dunno if that makes it ironic, tragic, or just one of those “Circle of Life” kinda things, but it's interesting.

2 – Throughout this entire conversation I saw no mention of the State Government and its travails. Are people failing to factor this into their forecasts, or are my concerns overblown?

By: BmoreWire

BmoreWire — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:03:14 +0000

I agree with everything you said and a huge baltimore fan obviously. That said, i do have to admit that i love the weather in San Francisco.

By: hardaway

hardaway — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:45:10 +0000

Sending you under separate cover ( email) the Bay Area Economic Council report, which gives you data both to support and controvert your post:-) #lifeisgray

By: hm

hm — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:54:49 +0000

dave, saying silicon valley is dead is just silly.
not just creative liberty but purposefully being provocative.

you're real argument is that other places are rising up or progressing faster than the valley, and that the valley's cost structure will hurt it in the future. That may be true. but it has been true for a long time, and the valley isn't dead yet, and doesn't appear to lack for innovation yet.

By: hm

hm — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:45:58 +0000

your response to #1 is an assertion without data to back it up. if it is true, should have happened already. what changed? just more overflow of ppl who can't get to stanford but are good enough that they should have?

By: Michael Heinrich

Michael Heinrich — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:37:46 +0000

I'm happy that the startup mentality and culture is growing everywhere on the planet and hopefully we will see many interesting companies appear in the future.
It's interesting that nobody has brought up the Silicon Valley constructive culture of failure point that Randy Komisar raised as a distinct strength to SV vs. other places (see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RP1sS8rMsQ). SV knows how to deal with failure and great things come out of it.

Do you think this culture can be exported? From my own experiences in Germany failure is often seen very negatively and results in a risk averse culture in regards to financing, startups, etc.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:54:20 +0000

Tell you what, since I see this as a complete waste of my time. I will deduce that you're freakin' whacked and since Silicon Valley is dead, I'm packin' my bags and moving to DC since there are so many IT jobs. Leads welcome.

By: davetroy

davetroy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:58:58 +0000

Very insightful, Marcos. I agree with you. I think the financing structures will start to mature in other places so that these issues are mitigated over time, but it will take a bit of education and proliferation of solid best practices.

I do think that will occur, and I also think we'll see a bright-line differentiation between more modest/regional/focused startups, and the larger huge-scale stuff that the Valley has always excelled at, i.e. the next Google.

It may well be that the Valley becomes specialized in the few large, rocket-ready startups, while the long tail becomes evenly distributed elsewhere. This seems very likely to me.