
Brad Feld's revolutionary blueprint for building thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems beyond Silicon Valley. Embraced by policymakers worldwide, this guide democratizes innovation for any city with 100,000+ residents. Paul Kedrosky endorses its genius: What if your hometown could become the next startup phenomenon?
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What if the secret to building the next Silicon Valley had nothing to do with tax incentives, innovation districts, or government programs? Boulder, Colorado-a city smaller than most suburban neighborhoods-has produced more billion-dollar startups per capita than almost anywhere on Earth. The difference isn't money or infrastructure. It's something far more fundamental: the way people connect, share, and build together. Most cities approach entrepreneurship like assembling a machine-add venture capital here, build an incubator there, recruit some tech companies, and wait for magic to happen. But startup communities don't work like machines. They work like ecosystems, growing from the ground up through thousands of organic interactions that can't be engineered or controlled. Startup communities exist because entrepreneurs can't succeed alone. Unlike the industrial era when factories operated behind walls, today's knowledge economy demands what researchers call "fuzzy boundaries"-information flowing freely between competitors, universities, customers, and even strangers at coffee shops. The most valuable currency isn't capital; it's relationships. This explains why Silicon Valley crushed Boston's Route 128 corridor despite similar resources. Silicon Valley embraced "collaborative competition" where engineers shared ideas over beers and changed jobs freely, while Boston's hierarchical culture locked knowledge inside corporate silos. When technology shifted, Silicon Valley adapted instantly. Boston stagnated. Understanding this distinction changes everything about how we build thriving entrepreneurial communities.
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