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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by codingdave on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:53PM (#23909680)
If you are doing a "startup", there are benefits to being near SV for the VCs and talent who want that life. If you are just wanting to start aomething new and not seeking the YC/VC model, choose whichever town makes you happy.

What I expect to change over the next 10 years is an increasing number of people making the latter choice.

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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by r_singh on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @11:50AM (#23907832)
For me, India is one of the best place as it has a HUGE online population, growing spending capacity, quite a large number of huge problems to be solved (for e.g. there isn’t even good Adult ADD care available in India in 2020, many many more probs) and a good number of decent tech workers (rising number of great tech workers).

Pardon awkward brevity, using mobile.

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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by samfisher83 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:00PM (#23909767)
How many years have people been saying startups would move. It was silicon hills or silicon alley or some other ppace, but it seems to always be sv.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by muzani on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:59PM (#23912290)
A lot of investors, including Sam Altman, have said that SV isn't the best place anymore. It's not worth it for them to move out, but I doubt they'd do SV now if they had a choice. SV was popular because as Paul Graham said, everyone was optimistic and always smiling, but this really isn't the case anymore.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by Kareem71 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:59PM (#23911445)
Something about the entire covid-19/WFH situation makes me feel as if this time may be different
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by auganov on Thursday July 23, 2020 @07:34AM (#23926217)
IMO as an individual the best is to either go to SV or stay home.

By moving to some other location you get all the downsides of migrating, few upsides of the best location and no upsides of staying home.

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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by cpach on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @01:02PM (#23908582)
“(…) will that change in the next 10 years?”

As someone living in Europe, I hope so! But I wouldn’t bet on it. Silicon Valley/USA is way ahead of us when it comes to tech/startups.

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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by mikecoles on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:08PM (#23908013)
If it's online, South Dakota, the business friendly state.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:14PM (#23908077)
You say "the" like it's uniquely business friendly. If so, what makes it more business friendly than any other state?

Even if that isn't what you meant, could you expand a bit on what makes it "business friendly"?

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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by wiseleo on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:16PM (#23911095)
No income tax on business or personal income. You can become the state’s resident after spending just one night in a hotel and opening a bank account. That’s partially why it’s highly favored by RVers who choose to longer have a permanent home.

There’s opportunity to modify the state’s politics. ;)

I am likely going to set my HQ in that state.

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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by whb07 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:24PM (#23911634)
Don't do that. Don't move to an area and taint the books with laws that ruined the place you came from.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by mrfusion on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:54PM (#23913176)
I agree. Be humble. Try to understand the existing laws and customs before you come in and try to make changes.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by giantg2 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:15AM (#23917209)
Tell that to the politicians.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by codegeek on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:40PM (#23910152)
Genuinely curious. Tell us more.
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Re:Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup t... by giantg2 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:11AM (#23917175)
My basement.

I'd like to think location matters less and less these days, but there's a lot of stereotyping and group-think to overcome.

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