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Conan O' Brien

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Definitely NOT Silicon Valley

The NW corner mainly Seattle (but I’m sure Portland & Vancouver B.C.) feel the same that being up here we can at least focus on what’s not the hype machine known as Silicon Valley (Sandhill Dr.). Up here we can develop and develop quality. We have major start-ups not fly by night companies not to mention Boeing, Starbucks and Costco (we have retail & transportation wrapped up!!!:) Now comes the startup to company transformation which happens above/ below the eyes of typical start-up founders (those founders in their 20s’ who do not know what startups should look like). These founders ruin it for the rest of us building a legacy…they spend half their time looking for money…Tagged! Now I will admit you (Silicon Valley) have Google & Yahoo!….but we all know your scared of our MICROSOFT! Half of you store your images with s3 (that’s our Amazon). So in the end the best go against the best. I guess it’s simple….first one to the top wins.