http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2007/11/12/creating-a-valley-outside-the-valley/ Thinking about Business Development Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2007/11/12/creating-a-valley-outside-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-45209 Jeff Judge Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:40:35 +0000 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2007/11/12/creating-a-valley-outside-the-valley/#comment-45209 I agree, and I'd love seeing it continue to grow in Chicago. It's about the right people, and getting access to funding to give companies the legs to grow. For reference, here are a some companies that were started (or helped started) by Orbitz peeps: - Kayak.com - G2 Switchworks - Naymz - Viewpoints - Interactive Mediums - Cappex - CondoPerks I'm sure there are a bunch more. I agree, and I'd love seeing it continue to grow in Chicago. It's about the right people, and getting access to funding to give companies the legs to grow. For reference, here are a some companies that were started (or helped started) by Orbitz peeps: – Kayak.com – G2 Switchworks – Naymz – Viewpoints – Interactive Mediums – Cappex – CondoPerks I'm sure there are a bunch more.

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]]> http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2007/11/12/creating-a-valley-outside-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-45208 Adrian Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:21:14 +0000 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2007/11/12/creating-a-valley-outside-the-valley/#comment-45208 There's a debate in Europe about the chances to obtain capital for start-ups, and while there are plenty of tremendous ideas here, some successful start-ups and a lot of VC looking for fresh ideas, we cannot say we managed to emulate the Valley, not even by a 10-degree order of magnitude. Why? Entrepreneurship is only one part of the answer. Geo-location is the other. Yes, you /can/ be successful outside of the Valley, but it surely helps a lot to be IN the Valley. Or, as the latest trend is: to open an office in the Valley even if you have a great thing already going on in your country. It’s a funny thing that in the era of globalization 80% of the things that actually count in IT worldwide are concentrated in only one Valley. :) There's a debate in Europe about the chances to obtain capital for start-ups, and while there are plenty of tremendous ideas here, some successful start-ups and a lot of VC looking for fresh ideas, we cannot say we managed to emulate the Valley, not even by a 10-degree order of magnitude. Why? Entrepreneurship is only one part of the answer. Geo-location is the other. Yes, you /can/ be successful outside of the Valley, but it surely helps a lot to be IN the Valley. Or, as the latest trend is: to open an office in the Valley even if you have a great thing already going on in your country. It’s a funny thing that in the era of globalization 80% of the things that actually count in IT worldwide are concentrated in only one Valley.

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