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Robert Scoble – Here’s how small-town America is primed to beat Silicon Valley in innovation

I’m seeing signs that the flow of talent from small town America to Silicon Valley is reversing, though, and wanted to understand it.

One huge reason? Housing costs. Everyone loved taunting me with their homes with big yards that cost a few hundred thousand compared to more than a million back home.

But it goes further than just housing costs. After all, that gap has always been there as far as I can remember.

No, now they are winning people and company because way of life is much more friendly to families and, small town leaders have worked to fill in a "livability gap." Things like having nice bars, music events, and restaurants for entrepreneurs to hang out in after a long day working. Things like high speed internet. In Virginia they have gigabit wifi in some areas.

Here, let’s take a look at some of the companies and innovators I visited who are doing amazing work.

Robert Scoble

Full Story: https://medium.com/@scobleizer/here-s-how-small-town-america-is-primed-to-beat-silicon-valley-in-innovation-3923049865ed#.4gtwcpjoo

Many thanks to Michael Fitzgerald of http://www.submittable in small town Missoula, Montana for sharing. (And there are a lot more great emerging companies in Montana http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?showall=1&catlabel=Montana+Business&cat_id=2 )

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