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VALLEY NATIONAL
With outposts popping up from Beantown to Venice Beach, Silicon Valley has effectively been franchised. Herewith, a guide to the quirks, customs, and cultures of these cross-country tech hubs
ADAM LEFF
RICHARD RUSHFIELD
SILICON VALLEY
SILICON ALLEY
SILICON BEACH
BOSTON
MOTTO
MAYOR
GAME/HOBBY
CLUBHOUSE
POWER DRINKS
PICKUP SPOT
MOTHERSHIP
SEE THEMSELVES AS
ELDER STATESMAN
LIVES IN
SIGNATURE LOOK
COMPANIES
ENEMY HUB
TRIES TO IGNORE
Fail early, fail often.
Marc Andreessen,
Andreessen Horowitz
The Settlers of Catan, kite surfing
Buck's restaurant
Bar at Rosewood Sand Hill
Antonio's Nut House
Apple
The next Steve Jo bs
Bill Campbell, Intuit
Underground mansion
Jeans, company T-shirt, fashion socks
Google, Facebook, Apple, Linkedin
San Francisco
Patent lawyers
Minimum viable product
David Karp, Tumblr
Mafia. Off-the-grid exotic
travel.. .while blogging
Lure Fishbar
Ace Hotel
Tom YJerry's
IAC
The next Jack Dorsey
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Williamsburg loft space
Jeans, untucked plaid button-down shirt
Thmblr, Etsy, Foursquare, Gilt Groupe,
AOL Huffington Post Media Group
Silicon Valley
Wall Street
"You can go su~fingin the mommy code by day and the weather ii better than Palo Alto."~
Paige Craig~ investor
Beach volleyball, schralping
Intelligentsia Coffee Tea
Oscar's
Whole Foods on Lincoln
Demand Media (parent of cHow)
The nextAshton Kutcher
Elon Musk, SpaceX, TeslaMotors, SolarCity
512 RoseAvenue building
Flip-flops
Viddy, ShoeDazzle, BeachMint, Jibjab
Austin
Gold~c Gym
Show up and say yes.
Joi Ito, MiTMedia Lab
Cambridge cycling, Ultimate Frisbee
Voltage Coffee YArt
Newton Marriott
MiTMuseum
iRobot (parent ofRoomba)
The nextMark Zuckerberg
Nicholas Negroponte, MiTMedia Lab
Condominium at Dockside Place
Zip-down hoodie
ThpAdvisor, Rue La La, Gazelle,
Harmonix, Zipcar
Silicon Alley
Drunken sports fans
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