AOL Co-Founder Steve Case has a great perspective on the country’s vast and varied startup universe. Now Chairman of Startup America and CEO of Revolution, a venture capital fund based in Washington, D.C., Case wrote a February blog post for the Wall Street Journal describing what he’s dubbed the “rise of the rest.”
“I’m convinced that we’re beginning to see a regional ‘rise of the rest’ as cities like Washington D.C., Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, Raleigh, Cleveland, Detroit and many others experience unprecedented growth in startups,” wrote Case.
Case is the unofficial pied piper for this “rise of the rest.” He recently crisscrossed the country in search of investments for Revolution outside of established tech hubs like Silicon Valley and Boston. But he’s not alone in recognizing it.
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