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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat SuperGrok Premium Lists Bookmarks Communities Profile More Post Eli @eliqiann Article Reply See new posts Conversation Nabeel S. Qureshi reposted Will Manidis @WillManidis OP the decline and fall of the american technology industry 31 51 400 58K In 2004, if you asked a technology investor where the best software companies in the world were, they'd give you two answers: Boston and San Francisco. This is obviously no longer the case. San Francisco has produced $14 trillion in enterprise value over the last two decades. While Boston has produced a measly $100 billion. If you told that same investor that New York, in all its cocaine and grey pinstripe suit financial glory, would usurp Boston as a regional technology center—they'd think you were nuts. The question of why Boston lost is worth studying. From an inputs perspective, the city should have everything going for it. Two of the bes

In 2004, if you asked a technology investor where the best software companies in the world were, they'd give you two answers: Boston and San Francisco. This is obviously no longer the case. San Francisco has produced $14 trillion in enterprise value over the last two decades. While Boston has produced a measly $100 billion. If you told that same investor that New York, in all its cocaine and grey pinstripe suit financial glory, would usurp Boston as a regional technology center—they'd think you were nuts. The question of why Boston lost is worth studying. From an inputs perspective, the…

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