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Re:Why Oakland's a Tech Start-up Game Changer by NDizzle on Friday December 26, 2014 @07:58PM (#8801208)
My personal experience is trying to run a food related startup in Oakland. It didn't go so hot, but then again I think we tried to do too much.

We tried to make the food, deliver the food, and provide the technology to order the food. (a menu that changes day to day - different menu items based on what was in season, etc) In 2010.

It may seem that you can be the 'local boy makes good' when in Oakland, rather than SF. You can garner a lot of support from various groups by bringing business to Oakland as well. Just realize that as long as you are tech focused most of your customer base will be in SF.

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Re:Why Oakland's a Tech Start-up Game Changer by thrownaway2424 on Saturday December 27, 2014 @01:23AM (#8801876)
Maybe people in Oakland don't need food delivered because we don't have multi-hour lines out the door of every restaurant like SF has :)
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