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There can only be one Silicon Valley, so let's try something else

  • Written by The Conversation
imageWe just don't have what they have.The DEMO Conference/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

The world only needs one Silicon Valley. The evidence? Firstly, Silicon Valley doesn’t just serve the US, it is a magnet for entrepreneurs and risk capital from all over the world.

Secondly, as American entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadwha has said:

“Hundreds of...

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