PG, this reminds me of a question I had a while ago. In your Silicon Valley essay, you mention in a footnote that one could reproduce SV with 30 of the right people. Who would those people be (or what kinds of people)? Angels like Ron Conway? VC's like Sequoia?
If I could only pick 30 I'd want the people stuff emanates from. I'd probably choose mostly hacker-founders like Larry & Sergey, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and so on. Steve Jobs. Maybe Bill Gates. I wouldn't have to pick investors; enough would follow.
That's funny, I was thinking today that you should found one of those micro-universities like Deep Springs. I'd imagine the town would end up being somewhat similar though.
