Why Some Say Towns Like Blacksburg Could be the Next Silicon Valley

“When it comes to innovation, place matters. Not necessarily because of proximity to facilities or investors (though those are lovely to have, of course), but because creativity is almost always a group endeavor — big ideas are the product not of one big brain, but of many ideas pinging between several smart people.”

Read more from Jessica Stillman at Inc.com.

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