Lucy Heskins

The fact that the Bay Area's share of startup funding is shrinking shouldn't be cause for alarm — it's good news for the entire country.

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"There’s a bias for wanting to use what worked previously, but people forget … your customers and markets are totally different. You can’t just replicate."