Why Silicon Valley Is Hard To Export
Plenty of countries keep trying to do it, according to Chris Gill at SVASE (the non-profit Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs). He just got back from Japan, where he attended a conference with Kauffman Foundation Fellows to train Japanese who want to be entrepreneurs. Japanese entrepreneurs hit some serious roadblocks, he said, because their families want them to work for big companies, which has been the traditional road to success in Japan. Representatives of Ireland, Spain, the European Union, Canada and South America have also contacted Gill to see if SVASE could export Silicon Valley to their countries -- he gets about one request a month. But he can't, he said,
10 October 2009•2 mins read
