The extra lean startup in the valley. just got off the plane in sanjose with two bags in tow. have vision,(eric reis) and a couple thousand dollars. Need to find housing , cofounder, to complete vision, to get to next level to model the lean startup.....any housing/coworking reccs......no car, no friends, no contacts, using clist, thinking about the Hacker Dojo.........please rec.....successful model.... |
http://www.greentortoise.com/san-francisco-hostel/index.php
The other hostels are good, just not as fun. Avoid staying in cheap motels in SOMA & Tenderloin districts.
There is an excellent hackerspace, noisebridge: https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge 2 blocks South of 16th & Mission BART
UC Berkeley and Stanford are up by San Francisco. Melno Park was where a lot of magic happened back in the day. I would try to find housing in the East Bay (NE Oakland, Emeryville, Rockridge, or San Leandro) and commute to work near a BART station. There is light rail between San Jose and San Francisco I think.
to suburban.....?
http://www.inc.com/magazine/201207/leigh-buchanan/the-leanes...
In Summer the kids go away, but during the academic year it is booming. Every week visit each of these places to network with people:
Berkeley campus
Stanford campus
noisebridge hackerspace
Fry's electronics
A classy bar in SF financial district (order only one drink and hold it all night as a prop)
Every month:
linux user group
2600 meeting
some FOSS interest group meeting
Dropping yourself off in an unknown location with little money seems like a recipe for disaster.