hotbed

Intermediate 🚀 Startup / VC

Definition

An environment so ripe for growth and innovation (or chaos) that ideas, startups, or scandals practically germinate themselves. Think of it as nature's incubator, except with better heating and fewer regulatory compliance issues.

Example Usage

Silicon Valley is a hotbed of tech entrepreneurship where every coffee shop has someone pitching their AI startup.

Source: Merriam-Webster; common startup vernacular

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