Should you visit Silicon Valley anytime soon, stay alert. There are so many pen-dulums reversing course around here that you could get smacked clear to Seattle. It's almost funny, for example, that venture capitalists now practically demand six quarters of profits and a Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award before they'll fund a seed round. But there's nothing amusing about an about-face that couldrnthreaten one of the coolest things about Silicon Valley: the region's ethnic diversity and tolerance.
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