That didn't bother me as much as something else in the post. The article assumes you should want to make it in SV. I'd say ask yourself why you want to make it SV? Do you really need to go there to make it? I have a lot of respect for silicon valley and the things that come from there but there are too many people who want to make it in SV because it's trendy. They read HN and want to be just like the cool hip startup founders.
We should be doing what's right for us and our companies. Not all of us even belong in the entrepreneurship game. I briefly dreamed of coming to SV and trying to make it with a cool tech startup. Then I realized that I had no business there right now. It would be far better to get some momentum here in Chicago, build up some success, and grow my companies to the size they are meant to be while avoiding VCs on purpose.
There's too much hype around Silicon Valley and I'm afraid it's trendiness will be the death of its reputation for innovation. If things continue this way I fear that SV will be known for hollow, get rich quick types. Like Wall Street on the west coast. Do what's right for you. You might not want to make it in SV after all. Try to make it in Salt Lake or St. Louis, Hickville Alabama or Chicago or wherever it is you find yourself. I doubt anyone could succeed in a new location without the skills to make connections to succeed in their original location.