You leave us with a great question at the end of that essay. I'm interested in learning about how you plan to hack the startup process, especially here in Boston.
I've got some high level ideas, but most of them revolve around getting people working together, especially in a common space. I think physical proximity is important but another potential key is defining clear agreements that reduce the natural inhibitions we have to working on each others projects (especially across communities, like biz types and hackers). We have talent and passion, I think what we're lacking is trust. You can't build trust over a beer and a 15min conversation at a networking event (IMHO).
I thought there was some startup labs and incubator spaces around here?
I keep hearing about something like it at OpenCoffee and Mass Inno.
It might have been me :), I've been going to OpenCoffee a lot talking about this idea. I think this fills a gap in the ecosystem between social events and seed accelerators (that are looking for more fully formed startup teams).
I'm also definitely not the only person looking at this problem. I'm actually hoping we can bring together the various efforts trying to address this gap.
I also left the essay a little bit open ended because I'm looking for other ideas and ways to address this specific problem.