Tänases New York Times’is ilmus artikkel “It’s Not the People You Know. It’s Where You Are.”, kus kajastamist leiab Silicon Valley riskikapitalifondide üha kasvav huvi investeerida just firmadesse, mis pole neist kaugemal kui 20 minutiline sõit:
Mr. Johnson explained that close proximity permits the investor to provide in-person guidance; initially, that may entail many meetings each week before investor and entrepreneur come to know each other well enough to rely mostly on the phone for updates. Those initial interactions are fateful. “Starting a company is like launching a rocket,� Mr. Johnson said. “If you’re a tenth of a degree off at launch, you may be 1,000 miles off downrange.�
Lisaks sellele käsitleb artikkel asukoha tähtsust koostööpartnerite leidmisel, mis on eriti tähtis vähegi tehnoloogiakesksematele ettevõtetele:
Entrepreneurs who live in Silicon Valley also find the technical talent they need faster than they can in any other place; they pay more for that talent, but speed is the sine qua non for success. Seth J. Sternberg, the chief executive of Meebo, an instant-messaging company in Palo Alto that is backed by Sequoia, described Silicon Valley with the fervent appreciation of a recent transplant from New York, where he had suffered three separate bad experiences with start-ups, none of which had attracted venture funding.
Kuigi Tallinna ettevõtlusinkubaatorid pole just Silicon Valley koondavad nad enda juurde mitmeid alustavaid firmasid, mis saavad just teiste sarnaste firmade kogemustest õppida. Lisaks sellele on peaaegu kogu aeg inkubaatoris sees raamatupidamis-, veebiarendus- ja personalifirmad, mis võimaldavad luua tugeva vundamendi firma edasisele arengule.
