There is a massive cultural divide between Hollywood and the Silicon Valley.

In Hollywood failure is deadly. It’s always your last film that counts

In Silicon Valley failure is learning. “There are very few successful serial entrepreneurs. Failure is almost a rite of passage.”

In Hollywood people want money and they want it NOW.

In Silicon Valley people are OK with stock options and can wait years.

The Silicon Valley seems a lot more sustainable, long-term oriented, and sound than Hollywood. This is interesting, because normally Silicon Valley is seen as the essence of the new world: get rich really fast. But they seem to be a lot more sane and prudent than I thought.

NY Times ~ Bridging the Gap, the Sequel (23.02.2009)