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Inside Entrepreneurship: Seattle isn’t the startup mecca many think it is
Like many other Washington state newcomers, I was originally drawn to Seattle because of its strong entrepreneurial identity. With dozens of successful, technology-leading companies and pioneering entrepreneurs, Seattle was a top entrepreneurial epicenter — certainly one of them anyway.
But a recent study funded by the Small Business Administration and the Edwin Lowe Foundation says cities such as Fort Collins, Colo.; Raleigh, N.C.; Provo, Utah, and Austin, Texas — not Seattle — are among the most innovative entrepreneurial regions in the country.
Actually, Seattle didn’t rank in the top 20 of any primary measure of technology innovation or entrepreneurial activity. (Ouch!)
By SUSAN SCHRETER
SPECIAL TO THE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Full Story: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/239973_schreter09.html
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