January 23, 2008 presentation by Ron Conway and Mike Maples Jr. for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Educators Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. During this lecture at Stanford University in early 2008, Angel Investors’ Ron Conway and Maples Investments’ Mike Maples both explain that geography is (almost) everything in the field of venture capital. Silicon Valley’s local ecosystem of ideas, entrepreneurship, and venture is so powerful, they say, no other region can even come close. If you’re serious about your start-up, they maintain it pays to move here because every advantage counts. For more videos of this talk, visit edcorner.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
Arrogant an narrow minded is how I would describe most Silicon Valley Venture firms who think they are the center of the universe and fail to understand the bright creative people who choose not to live in Silicon Valley will create the next generation of succesful companies.