Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being American?

Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by klein_waffle on Sunday May 10, 2009 @11:34PM (#602899)

Well, I don't know what you mean by "doing business" in SF. If you mean the LLC is technically founded in Canada and just happens to have an SF branch, maybe that would be fine. But, that seems legally dubious to me.

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Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by surfmike on Sunday May 10, 2009 @11:47PM (#602923)

Why not just startup in Toronto? I'm actually a Bay Area boy who lives in Toronto; I came here to do his Master's at U. of Toronto. I've stayed ever since working for a startup, and my roommate is about to start a company with his fellow labmates as well. There is a great community of startups here, and lots of amazing talent from U. of Toronto and Waterloo.

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Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by klein_waffle on Monday May 11, 2009 @12:04AM (#602946)

Because I am from Montreal. Living in Vancouver is one thing, but going to Toronto means I'm a vendu. ;)

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Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by comatose_kid on Monday May 11, 2009 @12:01AM (#602939)

Care to point out a few examples - just genuinely curious. In 02 things seemed pretty dry - mostly finance or glorified IT gigs.

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Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by alex_c on Monday May 11, 2009 @12:51AM (#602999)

http://startupindex.ca/startups/

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Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by mrtron on Monday May 11, 2009 @12:16AM (#602959)

Also starting up in Toronto - give me a shout if you are interested in meeting up for coffee or something.

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Re:Ask HN: legally start a Bay Area startup without being Am... by kbhangui on Monday May 11, 2009 @12:35AM (#602982)

Unsynced.com is also a startup in the Toronto/Waterloo area (we're 4 engineering students from U of Waterloo, but office is located in Toronto).

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