500's mission is to discover and back the world's most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems. (500.co)
Success doesn't come easily to most people, not even to talented entrepreneurs who are willing to work hard. (entrepreneur.com)
In other words, if talented entrepreneurs starting companies outside of those three cities don't have access to capital, all of us are worse of economically and politically. (inc.com)