The real cost of starting a startup?

Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by pg on Friday August 01, 2008 @03:20PM (#264346)

We did once fund a startup that didn't even get an apartment. They lived in a hostel in SF. They said it was nice and quiet during the day because everyone else staying there was a tourist and went out to see the city. They didn't make it, though. I don't think they ever launched. So maybe they found out where the edge of cheapness is.

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by gduffy on Friday August 01, 2008 @03:26PM (#264353)

I feel like it's a good idea to have a separate office from where you live, but why don't more (2-3 person) startups use the library for an office? It's quiet, you can rent conference rooms and equipment by the hour, and there's free wifi.

It wouldn't work forever, but it would be fine for the first few months.

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by bookhuddle on Friday August 01, 2008 @04:29PM (#264429)

Libraries generally close around 8pm. Software startup founders are probably just getting started at that time. :)

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by ardit33 on Friday August 01, 2008 @05:48PM (#264536)

Then hit the starbucks.

There is a 24hrs one open close to my place (laurel heights, sf), and now there is even free wifi, and they remodeled it.

Get a double shot machiatto, (1.99), and just hack. There is food, water, bathrooms right there.

After the remodeling, for some reason, I find myself being incredibly productive there.

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by dangoldin on Friday August 01, 2008 @05:17PM (#264494)

Unless you go to a campus library. Then you also get access to lots of fun research journals

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by brianlash on Friday August 01, 2008 @10:54PM (#264725)

Seconded.

If there's one thing I miss about college it's the 24-hour facilities. Even though there was always "home" it felt more entrepreneurial to work in a dedicated workspace, if a public one.

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by mechanical_fish on Friday August 01, 2008 @05:14PM (#264492)

It's quiet. Too quiet. You can't hold whiteboard meetings and wave your arms a lot in a library, or they ask you to leave.

The conference rooms do exist, sometimes, but it's probably hard to consistently get one several times a week. When you find you really need a conference, the rooms may all be full.

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Re:The real cost of starting a startup? by angstrom on Friday August 01, 2008 @11:49PM (#264744)

Sounds like 2DBoy: http://www.2dboy.com/about.php

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