Seconded. It is nutso good in the neighborhoods and the startup energy and ambition between Hayes valley and Silicon Valley (south bay) is absolutely unmatched.
It just sucks people are forced to make a these difficult choices for rent.
It just sucks people are forced to make a these difficult choices for rent.
So I’d say yes.
To be a _good_ founder you should also be capable of starting a tractor dealership in Iowa or taking over an accounting firm in Dallas. You have leadership, entrepreneurship, and decision making skills.
Silicon Valley has enough tide to lift all boats that mediocre people like you describe can still have a chance at success and being heralded as mold breaking visionaries.
I quite prefer the valley environments ability to take deep domain experts and turn them into the best managers of their own technology.
Technically not needed, but turns out it is really beneficial to be with likeminded people with common goals.