Here's an article I found useful. Whenever I see articles like this it reminds me that our LoCo team has the possibility to grow to have resources and activity levels proportional to the IT tech resources and activity all around us. I realize the most recent team IRC meeting https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/10September19 wasn't the most positive experience for everyone, but with effort I know we can grow and adapt to capture more of our shared potential.
Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/6_steps_for_creating_the_next_global_silicon_valley 6 Steps for Creating the Next Global 'Silicon Valley' by Nathaniel Whittemore September 14, 2010 Silicon Valley is a place invested with incredible myth and aspiration. It is the place of hacker-kids-turned-billionaires. It is a place where last generation's industry Goliath's are upended by the next generation's Davids. The story of the place is particularly important to governments around the world who look to the region as an economic dynamo and seat of innovation. But what does it take to create a 'Silicon Valley?' This question is actually the subject of a lot of thinking and writing. Startup guru and UC Berkeley professor Steve Blank has given a talk called "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret History of Silicon Valley," which takes the story back to WWII. Guy Kawasaki, former Apple evangelist and many-times startup book author wrote a post in 2006 called "How to Kick Silicon Valley's Butt" in which he breaks it into the pieces that other places can replicate and those they can't. Y Combinator founder Paul Graham wrote an essay called "How to Be Silicon Valley" in which he argues that it's all about getting a concentration of the right people in a common spot. ... -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
