Jeff has a summary of the panel at the TechCrunch party last week. It highlights some things others have said and why I wrote up my earlier post about finding cool companies outside of Silicon Valley.
Link: Software Only: HBS Tech Panel: Valley of Destiny or Valley of Doom ?
Dave asked whether Silicon Valley deserves to be at the center of the technology world, as it has been for the past 30/40 years. After living here for 22 years, Dave left because he felt that the Valley had lost its technology focus to get into marketing or retail opportunities, and lost its focus on creating great technology and rewarding the engineers responsible for these innovations.
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However the Valley is so expensive that it has priced itself out as many people can no longer afford living here. He ventures that company will only afford to have their headquarter here and will have engineering and operations in other parts of the country/world.
The panel then debated whether the point that whilst the Valley is the center of the technology world, it is not the center of intellectual life – Dan pointing out that there is no art institute of international renown.
