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VentureBeat Beats up on the East Coast

In a fine display of hard-news reporting, VentureBeat — a Silicon Valley-based blog about Web 2.0 deals — posted a recent review/comment about The Mercury News’ latest hyping of West Coast start-ups.

The most astonishing thing about VentureBeat’s analysis is its claim that East Coast start-ups are more self-absorbed! (They use FL-based PayPerPost and their video blog as an evidence that “the most ridiculous examples of self-absorbtion [sic] do not necessarily hail from Silicon Valley, as some might assume.”)

So, my question to the NYC start-up community is this: Really folks? Are we really more self-absorbed as a start-up community? Or is VentureBeat just looking for ways to “Beat up” the East Coast by inappropriately “Beating __” the West Coast?

Are self-absorption levels even worth talking about?

As you think about it, check out the cake West Coast-based Meebo made for a company party.

Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 at 04:46PM by Registered Commenterinnonate in | Comments2 Comments | References1 Reference

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People should also check out this follow up post at OnStartups.com. The author of the site is from Boston and laments getting beat up by the West Coast in terms of start-up culture. Though he certainly scoffs at the idea that the East Coast could be more self-absorbed!
http://onstartups.com/Home/tabid/3339/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1244/Default.aspx
December 12, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterNate Westheimer
eh, when the bubble crashed last time around, i don't think new york was less affected than anywhere else... one would think there'd be a correlation between lack of self-absorption and immunity to bubble deflation... that new york wasn't immune suggests it has enough self-absorption to merit humility
December 13, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterGabe

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