The Silicon Valley of South America?

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25 points·terrisv··6 comments

i live here (santiago). i'm pretty insular (work from home for companies in the states or uk), but there is a noticeable uptick happening. people i've only met online are coming out for jobs and things like python, ruby, and "entrepreneur" groups are springing up. there's now talk of arranging a conference later this year. i'll see if i can dig up the details... [later] here you go - http://www.startechconf.com/

And to think, they downvoted me when I said that Google should make an effort to snap up startups in each Mediterranean climate in the world! (in the Google South African startup incubator story)

One of the things I told the last Google guy who called me was that I do not want to live in a place with a crappy climate: Dublin, Zurich, London, etc... Sorry, life's too short.

Actually, I remember a Microsoft internship presentation in Mountain View where several employees were talking about how they preferred Silicon Valley to Redmond... makes sense!

Does Australia have a startup scene? How about Southern Europe? Perhaps Google ought to invest in Tunisia or even the rest of North Africa if the region stabilizes...

If Italy'd get their act together, some good things could happen here. The University of Padova is where Galileo spent the best years of his life, and also, more recently, educated this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin

The climate isn't spectacular here, but it sure beats the rainy Google-Europe centers.

Related story from yesterday's National Post:

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Innovative+innovati...

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