Lisa Wu: New York will take decades to catch Silicon Valley
Lisa Wu · 20 VC 015: Marketplaces, IPOs and the NY Startup Scene with Lisa Wu · Feb 26, 2015 · at 11:51
Lisa Wu, VP at Norwest Venture Partners, explains why New York lags behind Silicon Valley, citing the lack of deep alumni networks from massive tech exits like PayPal.
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“It's gonna take several, you know, maybe even decades for it to catch up to Silicon Valley just because the West Coast has really been a breeding ground for innovative tech companies for a while now.”
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