Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
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Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
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Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#2It's less than a 1/2 hour drive between the two destinations. Not exactly an epic Oregon trail journey :)
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#3I'm really hoping for more of this all around the Bay especially to places with lower costs of living while still being very accessible to The City.
Our office is based in Mountain View but lately a lot of coworkers have been going to Santa Cruz on weekends to play beach volleyball, surf, and kick back. Looking at Craigslist, I'm seeing a ton of office space centrally located in downtown Santa Cruz for around $1-$2 a square foot which is about 50-70% less than space in SF/Palo Alto and wondering why there hasn't been more of a migration there.
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#4bitgym (the authors startup) seems to be a solution in search of a problem. I cant speak for everyone, but when I go to the gym, I am happy to be away from computers and mobile screens- I just want to be real for a while.
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#5It's less than a 1/2 hour drive between the two destinations. Not exactly an epic Oregon trail journey :) http://bit.ly/1eYm99v
Oh, come on! They had to cross Oakland! Shit was hard yo :p
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#6It's less than a 1/2 hour drive between the two destinations. Not exactly an epic Oregon trail journey :) http://bit.ly/1eYm99v
Well, after 9PM that drive is < 30 mins. But the Bay Bridge is bumper to bumper much of the day and every exit/entrance around it gets backed up. It's bad.
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#7bitgym (the authors startup) seems to be a solution in search of a problem. I cant speak for everyone, but when I go to the gym, I am happy to be away from computers and mobile screens- I just want to be real for a while.
That's right, you can't speak for everyone. Also, this is a post about Berkeley mostly, and only tangentially (to be generous) about their startup.
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#8It's less than a 1/2 hour drive between the two destinations. Not exactly an epic Oregon trail journey :) http://bit.ly/1eYm99v
Well, after 9PM that drive is < 30 mins. But the Bay Bridge is bumper to bumper much of the day and every exit/entrance around it gets backed up. It's bad.
Hence BART.
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#9...and now Berkeley rents will start rising to match San Francisco rents.
Plus if you want to live in the Downtown area, you'll be competing with students who want to be right next to campus. Since the spending power of a software engineer far outweighs that of a student, the students are going to get royally screwed on this.
Re: Why we moved our startup from San Francisco to Berkeley
#10I'm really hoping for more of this all around the Bay especially to places with lower costs of living while still being very accessible to The City. Our office is based in Mountain View but lately a lot of coworkers have been going to Santa Cruz on weekends to play beach volleyball, surf, and kick back. Looking at Craigslist, I'm seeing a ton of office space centrally located in downtown Santa Cruz for around $1-$2 a…
HWY 17 is really brutal for commuting.