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Re: Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town

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Post by droidist2 » Tue, Dec 09, 2014, 7:09 AM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #142

atmosx wrote: post #6

Hm, sorry but ages of experience show that what mostly works is the other way around: You want to be a big city because you can find clients (users), meet people (e.g. possible investors) and generally speaking do any sort of networking that would be otherwise impossible. The internet is what it is, but you can never match the face-to-face relationship with an online approach. I totally understand that this is a drea…

It doesn't need to be all or nothing... Portland, Denver, Boise and a bunch of other places are still cities while still able to provide some nice quality of life features over the likes of Seattle, San Francisco or New York City. You can have a much shorter commute. Lower cost of living. And some really nice community aspects. I've never understood why the likes of Facebook or other large tech companies wouldn't bui…

I agree. I love that some of the important early PC game companies started in places like Shreveport, Louisiana.

Re: Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town

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Post by CalRobert » Tue, Dec 09, 2014, 10:28 AM UTC

netcan wrote: post #86

I think a lifestyle location could be a cool underdog hiring strategy, at elates if you accept that you all your hire will be relocation hires. IE, if you are wiling to pay big city salaries in a small town location, that could be attractive to some people. Not everyone and obviously if you have Google/Facebook hiring requirements it's not an option. But, if you need to hire 5-10 a year it might work. Not everyone wi…

While I don't wish to imply I am the world's most amazing person, I think I'm reasonably competent. I moved precisely for lifestyle reasons to Dublin, Ireland, and quite like it. While the cost of living is relatively high by European standards, it's far, far, cheaper than the bay, or west L.A. for that matter. I mostly wanted to live in a dense, walkable, European city, and Dublin has exceeded expectations in that regard.

I realize you probably weren't thinking of a European capital when you wrote it, but it does ring true that there are people for whom location is more important than maximum compensation.

Re: Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town

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Post by dsq » Tue, Dec 09, 2014, 3:31 PM UTC

benbristow wrote: post #65

I live in Grimsby (UK). You don't want to come here. It's depressing, boring, smelly and awful. I'd prefer to be in somewhere like London than here. The only good thing is that we have decent broadband.

Really? The Elton John & Bernie Taupin song made it sound wonderful!

Re: Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town

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Post by mariusandreiana » Tue, Dec 09, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

Planning to do this. Any advice on how to meet people once you settled in a city? e.g. couchsurfing (request to go out for a tea)

Re: Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town

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Post by codyb » Tue, Dec 09, 2014, 7:45 PM UTC

tim333 wrote: post #146

codyb wrote: post #136

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Wow $50 - $125 a month? Sounds like a great way to set up for six months and just have a crash pad to explore Asia with for a while. Any pointers on visas?

>Any pointers on visas? You can get a 3 month multiple entry tourist visa pretty easily. It cost's about $140 for the various fees. You have to google visa agencies and fill the form online. Sometimes you can get 6 month visas also though I can't seem them on line at the moment. When it runs out you can fly to Singapore or similar and apply for another. The Vietnamese don't seem to worry too much what you do once you…

Wow thanks. Maybe I'll come live in Vietnam for a few years. Cheers.

Re: Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town

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Post by tim333 » Tue, Dec 09, 2014, 10:11 PM UTC

codyb wrote: post #155

tim333 wrote: post #146

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>Any pointers on visas? You can get a 3 month multiple entry tourist visa pretty easily. It cost's about $140 for the various fees. You have to google visa agencies and fill the form online. Sometimes you can get 6 month visas also though I can't seem them on line at the moment. When it runs out you can fly to Singapore or similar and apply for another. The Vietnamese don't seem to worry too much what you do once you…

Wow thanks. Maybe I'll come live in Vietnam for a few years. Cheers.

No worries. A few years is a bit of a commitment but it's a fun area to travel / do some coding for a few months. Chiang Mai is also popular with startup types and not that far. I liked it there and Angkor also was kinda fun.