If it fails, big deal. Get a new concept. I've got a million of them. The benefit of a networked economy is that geography doesn't matter. One end of the wire doesn't care if the other is San Jose, Calif., or Cincinnati.
Companies can collaborate from anywhere.
But geography does matter, because not all problems can be solved by wire. Start-up companies in particular need help with details. The Internet, however, is beginning to overwhelm the local conservative bent. With Mr. Molinsky and others, that network five months ago became Main Street Ventures, a nonprofit intended to give technology entrepreneurs the help they need. Project Bark and VisualNet are among them.