Comments on: SF Chron looks down at Silicon Valley and sees region teeming with fraudsters http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/20/sf-chron-looks-down-at-silicon-valley-and-sees-region-teaming-with-fraudsters/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:48:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mitchel H. http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/20/sf-chron-looks-down-at-silicon-valley-and-sees-region-teaming-with-fraudsters/comment-page-1/#comment-5596 Mitchel H. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:59:24 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/20/sf-chron-looks-down-at-silicon-valley-and-sees-region-teaming-with-fraudsters/#comment-5596 These types of scandals tend to spread more quickly here because of the high market share a few professional service firms enjoy amongst tech companies (i.e. WSGR, Silicon Valley Bank, etc.) "Bad" advice tends to spread quickly. However, I can think of a lot more ethically challenged locations -- south Florida seems to be the Shady Internet Company capital of the world! These types of scandals tend to spread more quickly here because of the high market share a few professional service firms enjoy amongst tech companies (i.e. WSGR, Silicon Valley Bank, etc.) “Bad” advice tends to spread quickly.

However, I can think of a lot more ethically challenged locations — south Florida seems to be the Shady Internet Company capital of the world!

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