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3 Ways Startup Communities Can Attract and Keep the Right Talent

By administrator | 14 October 2016

"In the '70s, Altair, a pioneer in personal computing, was based in Albuquerque, and Bill Gates and Paul Allen lived there writing software for one of the first computer companies. Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, grew up in Albuquerque. Both entrepreneurs now live in Seattle, and rank in the top 10 on the list of wealthiest people in the world due to the value of the companies they built. And they both came through Albuquerque. As someone active in the VC world and an angel investor, I often here from emerging startups ecosystems that the one thing they need is capital. I think that’s a red herring." Read more

Ross Baird Entrepreneur 10 Oct 2016

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