19. “What it takes is the right people. If you could
get the right ten thousand people to move
from Silicon Valley to Buffalo, Buffalo would
become Silicon Valley…. Now you could
make a great city anywhere, if you could get
the right people to move there. So the
question of how to make a Silicon Valley
becomes: Who are the right people, and how
do you get them to move?“
20. Paul Graham
“How To Be A Silicon Valley”
paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html
“You only need two kinds of people
to create a technology hub: “
48. a non-profit,
community owned & driven
initiative
aimed at fostering the creation
of an ecosystem
that will
better South Africa
for the benefit of all
49. a local & international
branding campaign for
the region & SA
as a high-tech innovation
& investment destination
51. a platform for highlighting
the issues
facing startups & venture investors
and engaging with
government & regulators
to lobby for legal changes
52. an attempt
to accelerate investing activity
&
raising awareness of the opportunity in
the Cape
for entrepreneurs & venture investors,
particularly overseas, attracting FDI &
retaining & attracting skills
(local, ex-pat & foreign)
53. The SCI is NOT:
an incubator
a hub
a VC fund
an association
a mentoring program
a government initiative