Speculation on the direction of Silicon Valley in the New Year seems to have picked up where we left off in 2008, with this commentary by Steve Hamm, a senior writer at BusinessWeek. But Hamm’s reasons for any slow downs in the Valley (real or imagined) are not so much related to the economic climate in the rest of the country. Rather they are linked to entrepreneurs not thinking as big or as bold as they can — and a general complacency in the Valley that could use a mojo kick start in ’09. Click here to view this short interview.