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So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Ticino, Switzerland Slovenia

Yes, Barcelona has great tech/online sector. + you have Andorra only 2 hours drive which is a tax heaven :)

Re: How Y Combinator Started

#62
Through the "rabbit hole" effect I read pg's start.html page.. some great insight which has given me more confidence with my own endeavour. Thankyou.

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So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Chile seems like it's doing well lately.

Other than that, set yourself up so you can live somewhere you like and work remotely.

Also, Italy is very different from north to south. The north is still not a great place to do business, but it's a lot better than the south.

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So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Madison, Wisconsin

I work here in Madtown :-), but I'm not sure that I would describe it as a start-up hub. Sure, there's the university and that has lots of energy, but tech start-ups? I'm curious what you see that I don't.

(Perhaps it's because I only work here and live an hour out of town, that I don't see it.)

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So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Try Tel-Aviv.

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post #51

So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Berlin?

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post #51

So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Berlin?

Just been there. Great city with a grest variety of interesting things and everybody is complaining how horrible the winter is.

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post #63

So doing the winter batch in California seemed like one of those rare cases where the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious one were the same. There is nothing more heavenly, more sublime than that rare situation in life in which the self-indulgent choice and the ambitious choice align. There's a keen insight to be had there. Unfortunately, those moments are very rare. For instance, at least, in terms of my persona…

Chile seems like it's doing well lately. Other than that, set yourself up so you can live somewhere you like and work remotely. Also, Italy is very different from north to south. The north is still not a great place to do business, but it's a lot better than the south.

Yeah, but settling in Chile when Buenos Aires is right there is like setting up shop in Yonkers or Jersey City, the lights of NYC taunting you from across the river. :-)

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the colour of Greece, Italy, southern Spain, Portugal, Argentina, etc. I can appreciate the comparative orderliness and clockwork of Teutonic and Anglo-American civilisation, but it doesn't make me happy, and yet I need that whole universe in order to sustain my livelihood in any practical sense Maybe try Hong Kong? I haven't lived there but it seems colourful (in the Asian rather than Southern European sense) and ye…

I was about to suggest the same. I currently live there (and Shenzhen) and it is indeed colorful. I just wish there was a stronger startup culture. The entrepreneurship culture is definitely there but for low-risk, traditional business. I personally prefer Shenzhen to Hong Kong although it is difficult to function in English.

I know some people that try to build kind of YC for emerging markets so maybe time for Hong Kong will come.
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