san diego really sucks if you don't have a car. most of the startup stuff is biotech.
san diego really sucks anyway. and that's coming from a native. :)
I heard you guys have the best weather... no?
San Diego?
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#12What I want to know is would I be shooting myself in the foot by trying a startup in San Diego?
No! What goes on inside your head is infinitely more important than what goes on inside your neighborhood.
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#13Who else is located here in San Diego?? I love it here, but I don't feel like I'm surrounded by many other people who have the same interest in web startups. So in that sense it's not very motivating for me. But the weather is great, the beaches are nice, and the ladies tend to be more attractive ;-)
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#14Resources and lots of like minded people. That is what you'd be missing if you skipped SV and headed to San Diego. I'm an entrepreneur myself and moved to San Diego (from NY) almost 2 years ago.
I was working on a startup coming out here and the beach and weather did not help me focus (but other distractions including living with my college friends directly ON the beach).
That aside you can find like minded people, but it is much MUCH MUCH harder. I've joined a couple startup groups on meetup.com and actually that is how my current partner and I met. But I haven't been to any meetups since.
Personally, the weather is beautiful and does give me inspiration, but I wouldn't sacrifice all the resources that you would get in SV.
... one pro to San Diego aside from the weather might be if you do have a somewhat successful startup here you may get more attention since there are so few. Take Goowy (http://news.yahoo.com/s/sddt/20080208/lo_sddt/aolacquiressan...) for example.
Hope that helps!
John
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
san diego really sucks anyway. and that's coming from a native. :)
I heard you guys have the best weather... no?
I guess, but you're surrounded by SUV-driving, GOP-voting soccer moms.
And god help you if you're a plaintiff in a wrongful injury lawsuit against any organization; the jury will be entirely composed of former military and police or their wives and they'll assume your case is frivolous irrelevant of the facts. I could tell stories that would make your blood boil.
I've heard people describe San Diego as a sprawling faux automobile-metropolis and I agree. Our city government is so corrupt and incompetent the New York Times called us Enron by the Sea.
Bottom line, San Diego kind of sucks (I have lived here all my life).
I suggest San Francisco instead if you have a choice.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I heard you guys have the best weather... no?
I guess, but you're surrounded by SUV-driving, GOP-voting soccer moms. And god help you if you're a plaintiff in a wrongful injury lawsuit against any organization; the jury will be entirely composed of former military and police or their wives and they'll assume your case is frivolous irrelevant of the facts. I could tell stories that would make your blood boil. I've heard people describe San Diego as a sprawling fa…
"you're surrounded by SUV-driving, GOP-voting soccer moms"
That is starting to sound a mighty bit like Kansas. wince
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#17What I want to know is would I be shooting myself in the foot by trying a startup in San Diego?
Having lived here for 30 years here is my two cents.
San Diego is not a startup town. To expensive, not enough talent, and everyone good longs to head north. I love this place and have had marginal success working here, but the politics here, and the folks that have money who drive it, are to conservative. You would be happier in the valley in terms of surrounding yourself with like minded thinkers.
Nuff said...
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#18san diego really sucks if you don't have a car. most of the startup stuff is biotech.
san diego really sucks if you don't have a car.
As opposed to the Silicon Valley??
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#19There is a very large biotech scene in San Diego, so I imagine there will plenty of VC's. Not sure about the computer tech scene, though.
Sounds like an opportunity to me. These VCs may be looking to diversify.
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#20san diego really sucks if you don't have a car. most of the startup stuff is biotech.
san diego really sucks if you don't have a car. As opposed to the Silicon Valley??
I'm a San Diego expat who now lives in San Francisco without a car. I love it. I just wish we had SD weather here...