On the importance of surrounding yourself with creative people
I strongly suggest this article from the Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/16638391. It talks about how success in business has increasingly become more dependent on serendipitous encounters with other people. Approach the right people, get the right people to approach you, and use these relationships to do better things.
This quote validates cities’ attempts to create a creative hub around their research universities: Innovista in Columbia, SC; CU ICAR in Greenville etc. “The old dream that the internet would allow us to live on some tropical island and telecommute is unlikely to come true. Far from abandoning traditional business centers, creative people cluster together in places such as Silicon Valley, New York, London, Bangalore, and Shanghai. That way, every social interaction is potentially profitable.”
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