A client pointed me to this New York Times article profiling Boulder, Colorado’s high-tech startup scene.  So, what makes Boulder so great?  From the article:

The recipes of other cities for creating the next Silicon Valley usually leave out a few main ingredients. Richard Florida, who wrote “The Rise of the Creative Class” and studies why certain cities foster creativity, cites three crucial factors: talented people and a high quality of life that keeps them around, technological expertise, and an open-mindedness about new ways of doing things, which often comes from a strong counterculture.

“Boulder has reached this beautiful sweet spot, where it has many advantages of a university town — tech and talent and openness — but without many of the costs and traffic and congestion that may disadvantage incumbent centers of innovation,” Mr. Florida said.

Does this sound like another Midwest university town we know?  Come see for yourself at A2 New Tech on Tuesday.

–Matt