Talent plus capital. Whether you’re building a company, a city or a national economy, these are the raw materials that make it possible to do things that others can’t.
Silicon Valley is the world’s most magical mixing chamber for these two simple ingredients, home to the most exciting, creative and valuable companies on the planet. Every city in the U.S. — and around the world — wants to be the “Silicon Valley for X,” because somehow that simple recipe of talent plus capital produces such radically different outcomes there than anywhere else.