This caught my attention because of the large amount of discussions around the MN tech communities of the how-to-become and how-are-we-not like Silicon Valley variety.

I agree MN has a large resource pool of technical ability and more to create great technology/start-up companies; but we'll never be the next "Silicon Valley."

People can argue whether or not that's a good thing. All I know is it's certainly not a bad thing. :)