Silicon Valley Leads But You Can Start Up Anywhere Now

Silicon Valley Leads But You Can Start Up Anywhere Now

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Peter Walker

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July 4, 2025

Both things remain true: Silicon Valley is the home of startups with no near-term challenger, and more places across the US are viable launch pads than ever...

LinkedIn: Silicon Valley Leads But You Can Start Up Anywhere Now

Both things are true:

1) Silicon Valley is the home of startups and is in no danger of being displaced.

2) You can start up in more places across the US than ever before.

Happy 4th!

(if you want a static version of all the sectors together, give me a shout in the comments)

Peter Walker
Author: Peter Walker
Peter Walker runs the Insights team at Carta, focused on discovering key data and narratives across the private capital ecosystem. In a former life, he was a marketing executive for a media analytics startup and led the data visualization team at the Covid Tracking Project.

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