Comments on: Rambo, Meet Silicon Valley… http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html Redfin Corporate Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:09:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: My Startup Experience: VC, Entrepreneurship, Self-Analysis & The Road Ahead | zbTech.net http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-6061 My Startup Experience: VC, Entrepreneurship, Self-Analysis & The Road Ahead | zbTech.net Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:17 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-6061 [...] out Glenn Kelman (Redfin’s CEO) comparing the two, Michael Arrington responding & Glenn firing back. There’s a grain of truth to the staments they [...] [...] out Glenn Kelman (Redfin’s CEO) comparing the two, Michael Arrington responding & Glenn firing back. There’s a grain of truth to the staments they [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5998 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:19:28 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5998 [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...] [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...]

]]> By: Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? | Design Website Easy http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5984 Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? | Design Website Easy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:32:37 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5984 [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...] [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...]

]]> By: TheTechnologySources.com » Blog Archive » Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5982 TheTechnologySources.com » Blog Archive » Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:10:47 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5982 [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...] [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...]

]]> By: Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? | Design Website http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5981 Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? | Design Website Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:01:04 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5981 [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...] [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...]

]]> By: Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? | Cellphone Ultra http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5980 Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? | Cellphone Ultra Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:47:53 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5980 [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. additionally worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...] [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. additionally worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...]

]]> By: Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5973 Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:58:48 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5973 [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...] [...] More from John Cook, who’s hopelessly in love with Seattle. Also worth reading is Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s rant last year about Silicon Valley working too hard (my response, his last word). [...]

]]> By: Just How Important is the Valley? Let’s Look at some Data. | Insights into Startups and Entrepreneurship - nPost Blog http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-5676 Just How Important is the Valley? Let’s Look at some Data. | Insights into Startups and Entrepreneurship - nPost Blog Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:31:24 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-5676 [...] it doesn’t sit right with me. Emotionally, I found myself wanting to agree with Aaron Swartz and Glenn Kelmann rather than Ron Conway, Mike Arrington, and PG (which is pretty much the only time that’s ever [...] [...] it doesn’t sit right with me. Emotionally, I found myself wanting to agree with Aaron Swartz and Glenn Kelmann rather than Ron Conway, Mike Arrington, and PG (which is pretty much the only time that’s ever [...]

]]> By: The LinkedIn Blog » Blog Archive Silicon Valley Workplaces | Circa: Web 2.0 « http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-4632 The LinkedIn Blog » Blog Archive Silicon Valley Workplaces | Circa: Web 2.0 « Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:45:57 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-4632 [...] & customizable workplaces would count as one of the perks of the much analyzed, discussed and debated Silicon Valley culture. Just this past week, I noticed a blog post featuring images from many [...] [...] & customizable workplaces would count as one of the perks of the much analyzed, discussed and debated Silicon Valley culture. Just this past week, I noticed a blog post featuring images from many [...]

]]> By: Peter http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html/comment-page-1#comment-2826 Peter Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:22:54 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/02/rambo_meet_silicon_valley.html#comment-2826 The Valley has a 'manic urgency to change the world'? No. 'The Valley' is a place where self-important egomaniacs go to dream up worthless ideas, convince themselves that they are smarter than people in Seattle because they're willing to move to Palo Alto and pay $1,000 for 1BR in a 3BR share, and do all this in the hopes of making a fast buck - regardless of how that buck is made. There are exceptions to the rule, of course, but if the phrase 'change the world' is going to have any meaning at all - that is, in the positive sense - then we can not, generally speaking, accurately apply that phrase to the culture or people of The Valley. That's just bullshit - a fairy tale we tell our children - a Randian philosophy that 'entrepreneurs' in The Valley try to convince themselves is honest and good. But, at least comments work in Firefox in the Valley. The Valley has a ‘manic urgency to change the world’?

No.

‘The Valley’ is a place where self-important egomaniacs go to dream up worthless ideas, convince themselves that they are smarter than people in Seattle because they’re willing to move to Palo Alto and pay $1,000 for 1BR in a 3BR share, and do all this in the hopes of making a fast buck – regardless of how that buck is made.

There are exceptions to the rule, of course, but if the phrase ‘change the world’ is going to have any meaning at all – that is, in the positive sense – then we can not, generally speaking, accurately apply that phrase to the culture or people of The Valley. That’s just bullshit – a fairy tale we tell our children – a Randian philosophy that ‘entrepreneurs’ in The Valley try to convince themselves is honest and good.

But, at least comments work in Firefox in the Valley.

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