Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups
by dmode on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:49AM
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If that was viable, people would move to Tracy or Stockton or Davis which are nearer to SF than Reno and cheaper. That's not how things work though.
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Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups
by epicureanideal on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:12AM
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But why isn't it viable? I don't understand.
Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups
by goseeastarwar on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:56AM
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VC's like their investments nearby and very few people would choose to live in those cities, in particular childless engineers.
It's the same reason Twitter, even though they threatened to move their office from SF to Brisbane several years ago, absolutely would never have followed through with it. Too many of their employees would have quit immediately, and we're talking about a town that's 20 minutes away, let alone 2 hours.
Re:The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups
by dmode on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:11AM
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Too add to that, repeat founders often live in the area where they start their companies. Also, if you want to poach away a top talent in a niche area, chances are they are unlikely to move far from where they are currently leaving. Example, easier for Tesla to poach from Apple vs. GM to poach from Apple