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[quietbritishjim]

> SV ... is where startups were invented

What exactly do you think "startup" means? To me, the word just means a new small business. Such things have been around for centuries, before the USA even existed never mind SV. That's true even if you take startup to mean specifically those taking large outside capital with a goal to grow large quickly (which I don't think is necessary, a bootstrapped startup is still a startup IMO).

[Grustaf → quietbritishjim]

If you take it to mean "new small business" then there is no lack of startups in Europe, or Bangladesh for that matter.

I'm using the word in the Paul Graham sense, new companies that aim for really fast growth.

And yeah, that also sort of existed before SV but I think you actually know what I mean.