Kevin Rose: It’s a myth that startups need to be in Silicon Valley

Taking the stage during day one of TNW Conference, Kevin Rose dished on life as a post-40 tech nerd. Rose, the founder of Digg, and partner at Google Ventures, sat with TNW’s co-founder Boris to shoot the shit about technology killing human interaction, buying socks based on Instagram ads, and why startups don’t need to be in Silicon Valley. “It’s where the highest concentration of startups are,” said Rose, “but it’s a myth that startups need to be in the Bay Area.” His own meditation app, Oak (coming later this year), was developed mostly outside of The Valley with Rose…

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