A new Bravo reality show about Silicon Valley is currently in production and scheduled for a winter release, thus far to mixed reactions from those working in the tech hub.
When details first leaked, many were concerned the show might trivialize the important work being done in the tech community. “Yuck, please stay in LA,” tweeted Kevin Rose, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, to his million-plus followers.
“The valley may be even more upset when it sees how well the final product captures the raucous reality of the tech industry in 2012,” reports The New York Times.
The series “shows hard-partying youngsters vying to start companies in a frenzy reminiscent of the dot-com peak of 2000,” where instant riches seem the goal, suggests the article.
The show’s idea came from, in part, the successful 2010 film “The Social Network” about Facebook’s founding and subsequent challenges and triumphs.
Some Silicon Valley executives and employees are offended by the notion that the area and industry are all about partying rich kids, claiming that it can often take much more than that to put it all on the line to start a company and harvest a good idea. There is often significant risk before the potential reward.
A new Bravo reality show about Silicon Valley is currently in production and scheduled for a winter release, thus far to mixed reactions from those working in the tech hub.
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