Link to buy Screw the Valley: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of America’s New Tech Startup Culture: New York, Boulder, Austin, Raleigh, Detroit, Las Vegas, Kansas City
Story Rating: 4 out of 5
Review:
Timothy Sprinkle's "Screw the Valley, a Coast-to-Coast
Tour of America's Startup Culture" will be of particular interest to entrepreneurs and venture-capitalists. As a general business guy, occasional investor, and sometime follower of financial news, I can attest to the more-general appeal to others interested in learning more about the challenges and opportunities innovators and startups face. The tone is conversational and relatable to a general audience, and a reader won't need a degree in
Finance to compare the pros and cons of launching a startup in Austin, Texas versus Boulder, Colorado.
Mr. Sprinkle has been reporting on this topic for a variety of magazines and websites for 15 years and has an expert, insider's knowledge of the topic. Through personal anecdotes, as well as quotes and interviews with experts in each of the regions covered, he does an excellent job highlighting the cultural and business environments of New York, Boulder, Austin, Raleigh, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Kansas City. He also explains the support and roadblocks startups can expect to receive from the various local governments and business groups. He makes an excellent case that Silicon Valley is not
the only, or even the best, place to launch a new business or locate willing, expert business partners.
The advance review copy I read had a number of grammatical errors, especially in the Introduction (which I would advise readers to skip.) Hopefully they will be corrected before final publication. Other than this quibble, a reader interested in the topic will learn much about how these deals get made, and how many vibrant startup hubs there are in the U.S. outside of where we might typically look.
Finance to compare the pros and cons of launching a startup in Austin, Texas versus Boulder, Colorado.
Mr. Sprinkle has been reporting on this topic for a variety of magazines and websites for 15 years and has an expert, insider's knowledge of the topic. Through personal anecdotes, as well as quotes and interviews with experts in each of the regions covered, he does an excellent job highlighting the cultural and business environments of New York, Boulder, Austin, Raleigh, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Kansas City. He also explains the support and roadblocks startups can expect to receive from the various local governments and business groups. He makes an excellent case that Silicon Valley is not
the only, or even the best, place to launch a new business or locate willing, expert business partners.
The advance review copy I read had a number of grammatical errors, especially in the Introduction (which I would advise readers to skip.) Hopefully they will be corrected before final publication. Other than this quibble, a reader interested in the topic will learn much about how these deals get made, and how many vibrant startup hubs there are in the U.S. outside of where we might typically look.
Reviewed by Trevor
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