Don’t try to be silicon valley. Instead,Steem, take risks and trust one another

Do you ever wonder why Silicon Valley is so awesome? I always wondered. Then, I moved here and found out why.

It’s not because of Stanford or all the VC’s like everyone thinks. Silicon valley once started out as nothing – It didn’t just one day pop up and be this incredible place for a startup. It started in the same place you are. Yeah, they have nice weather, you can surf and board in the same day, and it’s absolutely beautiful, but again, this is not what made the Valley the place to be for startups.

The reason Silicon Valley is successful is because the people here are more open to trying things and doing shit. They’re not afraid to take risks and lose their shirt. And they understand that high risk breeds high reward.

Everyone is on board with the vision and moving in the same direction. It’s not a top down ecosystem – It’s all-encompassing. Everyone is included and everyone has the same opportunity.

There is a sense of connectedness like I’ve never seen – I actually saw this in Steemit as well.

The other thing is that for the most part everyone trusts one another. You can meet with someone for coffee and within 30 days that person like @themarkymark has delegated steem power to your account to invest in your steemit blogs.

Think about this for a second. In other parts of the country, people want to strip you down naked, pull every record and file you and your company have, meet your kids, and then, they still come back asking for more – this shit kills an early stage business.

Any community can build what Silicon Valley has built. The key though, is taking risks and trusting one another. People can say what they want, but Silicon Valley is built on the foundation of risk and trust.