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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by msitarzewski on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:02PM (#6850637)
UTD, UTA, UNT, SMU, TCU, TWU - lots of higher ed here - entry level labor for growing companies. That graphic says a lot, but it doesn't say anything about the speed at which this community is coming together. I just moved back from Boulder, and I can tell you that Dallas has every bit of the activity and passion.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by rgallo on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @03:17PM (#6849826)
Stabile Economy. Natural resources & lessons learned from previous housing busts insulated Dallas (relatively) from the '08-'09 global meltdown.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by mivey00 on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @06:14PM (#6851201)
You know what's cooler than a $100k salary? A $100k salary with half the taxes and cost of living.

Welcome to Texas!

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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by toomuchtodo on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @06:50PM (#6851485)
But then you're in Texas.

I jest of course. Coming from Illinois, I get poked at about the corruption we have. On the other hand, the legislative climate is a bit different (we don't try to take reproductive rights away from women, and we've got same-sex marriages).

Caveat emptor.

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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by scottccote on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @09:40PM (#6852338)
International connections via fabulous airports, centrally located in USA, cheap labor, can-do spirit, business friendly politics, not freezing weather, and it's where JR called home :) reasonable media/advertising companies.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by arbuge on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @03:01PM (#6849715)
Add to the list: mild winters. Just returned from Seattle to the warm Texas sunshine...
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by jamesbritt on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:02PM (#6850638)
But, if memory serves, the humidity in summer is hell.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by Jehar on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:54PM (#6851086)
Recent innovations in construction have provided residents with rather effective countermeasures to the weather.

But seriously, having moved here from a snowy/cold climate, I'm more than willing to trade an extra 20 degrees in the summer for an extra 20 degrees in the winter.

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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by arbuge on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @08:26PM (#6852000)
Humidity is not so much of an issue in Dallas. It does get hot in summer, but it's a dry heat. You might be thinking of Houston.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by jamesbritt on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @08:54PM (#6852132)
Maybe. I'm comparing it to Phoenix; pretty much everyplace else feels too humid now.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by angersock on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @01:09PM (#6848809)
Houston is a cool bro too. Better food, more people, more bars, cheaper housing.

EDIT: Rice and UH are both fantastic schools for research and business, respectively. And we've got the largest medical center in the world.

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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by jbigelow76 on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @04:20PM (#6850284) 

    >Better food, more people, more bars, cheaper housing.
As somebody from Dallas I almost started trying to argue with you but what nobody from Dallas or Houston like to admit, they are pretty much the same city.
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Re:Why Dallas for Your Startup? This Infographic Will Help by etler on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @04:42PM (#6850467)
The 5 billion dollar bar is shorter than the 3.9 billion dollar bar...
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