Table comparing Twin Cities to Denver-Boulder, Salt Lake, and Austin across six tech-ecosystem metrics. Twin Cities is the lowest in early-stage VC ($366M vs. up to $2.9B), entrepreneur rate (0.17%, ranked 50th nationally), active senior ecosystem builders (4 vs. up to 14), lieutenants (under 10 vs. up to 75), and growth-stage VC capacity. Sources: Startup Genome GSER 2025; Fairlie 2023.