Re:Why Our Tech Startup is Doubling Down on Philadelphia
by metajack on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:39PM
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Microsoft actually started in Albuquerque, NM, but moved to Redmond 4 or 5 years later.
Re:Why Our Tech Startup is Doubling Down on Philadelphia
by dfxm12 on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:40PM
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A location could have unique attributes that might make it more favorable to a start-up company, e.g. proximity to tech schools (particularly one you've graduated from), tax breaks, amenities to attract talent, etc.
For what it's worth, people should really look at their product and build it wherever they can. Screen sharing and remote chatting for 4-5 hours a day anywhere has helped. As long as most everyone is within reach of 3 hours (basically, anywhere in the continental US), it's possible. I'm not bold enough to try international borders merely to keep payroll compliance, legal liability, and agreements effective, but I'm sure it can work. Just ask free software projects how that's working over Github.
In fact, I find it beneficial not to have my employees in a startup hub so that companies like Google can't poach them.
After all, a location is just a location. If you're an Internet business, you don't actually meet up with your customers when you have a problem.