Wrap Up

This trip was an amazing experience! I got to see  the interworking's of some of the most progressive technology companies around, and was also given privy a much broader understanding of the Valley as a whole. The whole feel of the Valley is very different than from back East. Anyone who lives in Boston knows how competitive we Bostonians can be. (Just try taking my parking spot...really I dare you!) The atmosphere always felt more co-operative and I was surprised how much people were willing to share, but I guess I shouldn't be. All the ideas an explanations wouldn't get you any closer to the actual product than a bottle rocket would get you to the moon. It took a tremendous amount of work and resources to get these companies off the ground, and even more to keep them gaining altitude. The Valley is very organic thing, but it's also one that completely dependent on the capitalizations of its residents. The Valley may not be reproducible elsewhere, but why would you want to? The concept of reproducing a Valley like economy somewhere else is completely asinine. The Valley in itself is about breakthrough, invention and re-invention. It was never about mere reproduction, so why should we be.