via Micah Baldwin: (A Medium Blog)<\/p>\n
Givers, by definition, are looking to add value to the user; whereas Takers are looking to extract value from the user.<\/em><\/p>\n
In Silicon Valley terms, this is the difference between innovating and building for returns.
\n<\/em><\/p>\nAs returns became outsized, more and more investment dollars entered the space. Founders that were looking to build truly innovation \u201cding the universe\u201d type companies were getting pushed out by people worrying about the exit before even starting.
\n<\/em><\/p>\nThe givers (innovators) are getting replaced by the takers ($$$) and it\u2019s strangling Silicon Valley.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Capitalism Rules Everything Around Me. There are some dreamers left innovating. It\u2019s unfair to say the Valley is the only place technological innovation can take place. The Internet has allowed us to innovate anywhere in the world. In most cases, you need money to innovate and that\u2019s the kicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Micah Baldwin: (A Medium Blog) Givers, by definition, are looking to add value to the user; whereas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-08-23T15:23:13Z","apple_news_api_id":"be208c25-b36d-4da8-bd0d-e7f7cbeb5133","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-08-23T15:23:16Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AviCMJbNtTai9Def3y-tRMw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1OE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2750,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/the-problem-with-silicon-valley-is-itself\/","url_meta":{"origin":6984,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 “The Problem With Silicon Valley Is Itself”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"TNW: One of the reasons for lack of innovation in the Valley is that entrepreneurs are not exposed to enough real-world problems. 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