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Ask HN: If you had to choose a place to start a startup today where would it be?

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Post by Kareem71 »

Does startup location matter as much anymore?

For years yc has touted that it was critical to be located in silicon valley but things seem to be changing.

Still the biggest tech companies seem to be located in the U.S.A and more specifically the valley, will that change in the next 10 years?

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Post by r_singh »

For me, India is one of the best place as it has a HUGE online population, growing spending capacity, quite a large number of huge problems to be solved (for e.g. there isn’t even good Adult ADD care available in India in 2020, many many more probs) and a good number of decent tech workers (rising number of great tech workers).

Pardon awkward brevity, using mobile.

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

mikecoles wrote: post #3

If it's online, South Dakota, the business friendly state.

You say "the" like it's uniquely business friendly. If so, what makes it more business friendly than any other state?

Even if that isn't what you meant, could you expand a bit on what makes it "business friendly"?

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Post by codingdave »

If you are doing a "startup", there are benefits to being near SV for the VCs and talent who want that life. If you are just wanting to start aomething new and not seeking the YC/VC model, choose whichever town makes you happy.

What I expect to change over the next 10 years is an increasing number of people making the latter choice.

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Post by wiseleo »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #4
mikecoles wrote: post #3

If it's online, South Dakota, the business friendly state.

You say "the" like it's uniquely business friendly. If so, what makes it more business friendly than any other state? Even if that isn't what you meant, could you expand a bit on what makes it "business friendly"?

No income tax on business or personal income. You can become the state’s resident after spending just one night in a hotel and opening a bank account. That’s partially why it’s highly favored by RVers who choose to longer have a permanent home.

There’s opportunity to modify the state’s politics. ;)

I am likely going to set my HQ in that state.

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Post by Kareem71 »

samfisher83 wrote: post #7

How many years have people been saying startups would move. It was silicon hills or silicon alley or some other ppace, but it seems to always be sv.

Something about the entire covid-19/WFH situation makes me feel as if this time may be different
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