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I want to move to Silicon Valley and my cofounder doesn't. He says it's 1. expensive and 2. full of shortsighted startups that are really features, and people who start startups because they find it glamorous.

It seems to me like it's impossible for a place to be full of genuinely driven, intelligent, purposeful visionaries. Who cares how bad some people are, as long as the others are awesome?

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Its certainly possible, the problem is those people don't care about press or PR so they are very rarely heard about until after the event. Look in the various universities across the world and their spin outs and you will find some incredible people.

This is the main reason I live in Cambridge Uk and not London or SF, the vibe is very different around the startup scene, it actually feels like one of maturity driving a vision not a media circus. Sure it's smaller, it's all done behind the scenes, but some of them have and will continue to change the world for the better.

Wish I could help, but it sounds like you're both right. Is getting funded absolutely necessary for your project?

Thanks. No it is not, which is why I'm not yet strongly pushing for the valley.

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