“If staring at lakes and [water] skiing after work are important to you, don’t pretend to be surprised when your startup doesn’t cut it.”
— Ouch, tough love from Michael Arrington. We’ve talked about the silicon valley/everywhere else dichotomy on this blog before, but this hardly scientific data doesn’t support Michael’s theory that startups can only thrive in CA. I can name dozens of amazing startups in Austin and Texas, one of which is a 2009 fbFund participant and recently closed a round of financing. Furthermore, the acquisition rate of TX startups is only 1% less than CA. So keep busting your butt, and feel free to break out your wakeboard every once in a while.
