Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup today where would it be? Does startup location matter as much anymore? For years yc has touted that it was critical to be located in silicon valley but things seem to be changing. Still the biggest tech companies seem to be located in the U.S.A and more specifically the valley, will that change in the next 10 years? |
What I expect to change over the next 10 years is an increasing number of people making the latter choice.
Pardon awkward brevity, using mobile.
By moving to some other location you get all the downsides of migrating, few upsides of the best location and no upsides of staying home.
As someone living in Europe, I hope so! But I wouldn’t bet on it. Silicon Valley/USA is way ahead of us when it comes to tech/startups.
Even if that isn't what you meant, could you expand a bit on what makes it "business friendly"?
There’s opportunity to modify the state’s politics. ;)
I am likely going to set my HQ in that state.
I'd like to think location matters less and less these days, but there's a lot of stereotyping and group-think to overcome.