Vinod Khosla Tells Where The Next Silicon Valley May Pop Up

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Where do you see the next major "Silicon Valley" happening? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.

Answer by Vinod Khosla, Entrepreneur, investor and technologist. Founder of Khosla Ventures, on Quora.

To me, Silicon Valley is not a place, it's more a state of mind and a culture of how things are done. It's a culture in which people are willing to bypass convention in any area, not be overly biased by why things can't be done, but rather take the approach, how one might take a shot at it? It is one where people are not afraid of failure but just look at the consequences of success, not the probability of failure. It is more experimental, less planned, more iterative, and evolutionary even as to the goals, let alone the methods. This culture can be replicated in any part of the world, but is discouraged in most places, partly because failure is discouraged, partly because planning predictability and success along predefined pathways is the only way things get funded instead of saying something is just worth attempting. As the stories of Silicon Valley become more prevalent, this style and culture is becoming more pervasive and will grow in other areas, especially as old generations retire and new generations come up with new models. Having said that, there are ecosystems around places like Bangalore and Israel that are starting to start this transformation of culture. More established places like Europe see less of this, unfortunately, even though they have a lot of talent to make this approach possible.

Just by way of example, I want to say, I've seen very little radical innovation come out of any large company except for founder led companies, be they startups or large companies. Walmart didn't innovate retail, Amazon did. Lockheed and Boeing didn't innovate space, SpaceX did. GM and VW didn't innovate electric cars, Tesla did. NBC didn't do media, YouTube did. IBM, Dell, and HP didn't do Hadoop or cloud computing, startups did and Amazon did.

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