Silicon Valley Bleeding
“Silicon Valley invented the technologies that will break apart Silicon Valley,” was the opinion of one Silicon Valley start-up founder in my cabal. Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Micro and the longest running ad lib comedy act in high-tech recently started a fresh round of discussions about the perpetually pending demise of Silicon Valley. He is heading a stealth start-up in Colorado, far from Stanford, Sand Hill Road and giant blimp hangers. This caught the attention of over seasoned Silicon Valley veterans, and apparently McNealy received a number of inquiries concerning the locale for his new technology empire. In response he listed the “Top 10 Reasons it’s Better to do a Startup in Colorado than California.” Jerry Brown is spinning in his grave (What? Not yet? You’re kidding? He looks older than Keith Richards’ grandfather!). Many things make Silicon Valley the incubator for new and world changing technology, but none … Continue reading →