The 20-year timeframe signifies a generation to me. It takes a generation of effort to get a startup community up and running in a sustainable way. The first few years of renewal, which many startup communities are going through right now, are exciting, and progress is easy to measure. However, after a few years, the rate of change often slows, macroeconomic dynamics overshadow whatever is going on locally, the political infrastructure changes or simply is less fresh and exciting. This is when the real work happens—day after day, week after week, month after month. Entrepreneurs continue to
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