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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by fapjacks on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:04PM (#11988053)
People have taken your example and run with it, but as someone from Kansas, I implore you not to start a business in Kansas. The governor has run what little infrastructure existed into the ground. There is nothing for you there. I'd suggest somewhere like Austin, where taxes are sufficiently low, the city has a supply of tech workers, and the city has working infrastructure.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by __derek__ on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:35PM (#11988361)
Or Phoenix, which the founders of Tuft and Needle recently recommended[1] and is cheaper than Austin.

[1]: https://m.tuftandneedle.com/if-you-re-building-a-startup-you...

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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by popdoit on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:11AM (#11992410)
Cheaper than Austin. But less talent...way less talent.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by __derek__ on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @06:07PM (#12005167)
For now! I'm not a cheerleader for Phoenix (I've been once and had a pleasant visit), but I do think it's well-positioned given its anchor university's commitment to experimentation, weather, cost of living, and reasonably good access to outdoorsy activities.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by muzz on Monday June 27, 2016 @04:29PM (#11989221)
Markets figure these things out. Not sure why people feel the need to convince markets / market participants, unless they somehow don't like the decisions that those have made.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by ska on Monday June 27, 2016 @04:59PM (#11989436)
There is no guarantee that markets will figure some of these things out over useful timelines for individual humans.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by st3v3r on Monday June 27, 2016 @05:27PM (#11989632)
Markets figure these things out in favor of what makes money. There is no guarantee that what does get figured out is of any benefit to the people living there.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by fapjacks on Monday June 27, 2016 @09:06PM (#11990782)
Okay. Go for it! Start a business in Kansas. I'm just some guy on the internet.
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Re:Sergey Brin: Come to Silicon Valley to scale a business, ... by nikdaheratik on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @09:57PM (#12006108)
I agree. Though, Kansas City, MO has a decent tech base (for the midwest) and you can still get much cheaper housing costs than anywhere in SV, or even Austin.
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