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This is the B&B that Matt and I stayed at in the Douro Valley. It's a somewhat scary drive up the hillside to get to--but once there, it's total heaven with a magnificent view of the Douro Valley and river and the town of Pinhao down below. The owner, Manuel, is a hoot and makes you feel so welcome. Highly recommend staying here if you ever visit the Douro Valley.

About 10 times bigger than StartPad, Plug and Play has 118 startup companies leasing space in their Silicon Valley offices.

Quoted: Plug and Play Tech Center provides fully furnished offices, instant move in type offices, meeting rooms, virtual offices and network access in Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley,California.

Bought this wine a while ago and saved it for special occasion - tried it tonight for dinner and it was really great! Wish I remember where I bought it....

Quoted: Townshend Cellar Townshend Cellar Vortex Red

beautiful pics of the necklace valley

"Seattle vs. the Valley" seems to have become a hot topic lately.

Quoted: The fact is that all those great things about Seattle, or wherever, don’t have a damned thing to do with offsetting the business and cultural advantages of Silicon Valley. Making lifestyle choices is fine, but don’t delude yourself into thinking those choices are anything but a tradeoff. If staring at lakes and skiing after work are important to you, don’t pretend to be surprised when your startup doesn’t cut it.

Compare and contrast the startup community in Seattle vs. Silicon Valley.

Quoted: When you and everyone you know spend 18 hours a day downloading, hacking, breaking, sharing, gossiping, criticizing and arguing about the Web, it’s easier to tell when an idea is truly new. And if you don’t, it’s almost impossible to catch up.
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Hadi PartoviThis is why Hadi says so many Seattle entrepreneurs develop ideas late. We aren’t slow; just out of the loop. Even Seattle’s greatest two start-ups, Amazon and Microsoft, were first conceived somewhere else.
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it may be easier to build a long-term business in Seattle.

Quoted: I only heard the first few sentences, but that was enough to tell what I said that upset him: that startups would do better if they moved to Silicon Valley.