Ask HN: Any Hackers in Middle America?

Re:Ask HN: Any Hackers in Middle America? by pxlpshr on Sunday November 02, 2008 @01:11PM (#351524)

There are two hot beds in the "middle" where you can find strong activity. Austin, TX and Boulder, CO... I live in Austin for it's low cost of living, Univ of Texas resources, Texas' strong economy, and no state income tax. The only thing that bothers is me is that we're in the bible belt... :)

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Re:Ask HN: Any Hackers in Middle America? by sachinag on Sunday November 02, 2008 @01:40PM (#351550)

Austin is a fantastic place to start - and SXSW coming in town every year is huge.

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Re:Ask HN: Any Hackers in Middle America? by tptacek on Sunday November 02, 2008 @01:44PM (#351553)

I'm going to call you on that and ask for details on how SXSW is really huge for a startup. Got an anecdote?

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Re:Ask HN: Any Hackers in Middle America? by ordord00 on Sunday November 02, 2008 @03:56PM (#351648)

I got one. I started a consulting business (for the purpose of bootstrapping a startup) just before SXSW last this past year. My partners and I were looking for a product to build around that time when we were approached by another business savvy startup that needed a strong development team. We immediately started working together and now have our first version of the product rolling out to select Hooters restaurants tomorrow. If we had not gone to SXSW we would have never run into this other group of guys and stumbled into a really, really strong product with an amazing business model.

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