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Re:The Rising Costs of Scaling a Startup in San Francisco by peteretep on Saturday February 21, 2015 @05:19AM (#9085220) 

    > All else being equal, a Silicon Valley/San Francisco
    > based startup is able to achieve a much higher
    > valuation than an equivalent startup outside San
    > Francisco.
How sure are you that that's true, and if you are, why do you think that is? Is it really so hard for a founder in - say - Vegas - to get on a plane to SF frequently enough to neutralise any location advantage? If so, sounds like a massive opportunity for a VC to get some really cheap deals (and hence my skepticism).
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Re:The Rising Costs of Scaling a Startup in San Francisco by walshemj on Saturday February 21, 2015 @01:29PM (#9086347)
No because its the deals that get by bumping into some one at a bar or socially.

flying in for a few 9-5 days a month is not the same.

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