Why the heck are entrepreneurs wasting their time in New York?

GUEST: That was the question that was floating through my head in early June, after I attended a panel focused on the differences between the New York and Silicon Valley startup ecosystems. I spoke to a partner at Bessemer (we’ll call him Bob) who was on the panel, and he succinctly summarized what I had understood was the message: if you’re an entrepreneur, you should only pick New York for personal reasons. Your chances of success, both in terms of growth and raising funding, are e