Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
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Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#2I will add that Backupify started in Louisville, KY, and we were funded by First Round while we were still there. We didn't have to move to raise money, but we couldn't find the tech/startup talent we needed. So we looked at NYC, Boston, and the Valley. I talked to lots of people who lived in each place and ultimately, as you would expect, everyone raved about whichever place it was that they lived. Ultimately, I chose Boston because MIT is the most innovative place in the world, and because it is a highly intellectual city and I have a lot of interests outside of just tech startups. I've been very very happy here, and think it's a great place to build a company.
Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#3I will add that Backupify started in Louisville, KY, and we were funded by First Round while we were still there. We didn't have to move to raise money, but we couldn't find the tech/startup talent we needed. So we looked at NYC, Boston, and the Valley. I talked to lots of people who lived in each place and ultimately, as you would expect, everyone raved about whichever place it was that they lived. Ultimately, I cho…
I've heard a lot of good things about Louisville and enjoyed when I visited. It's a wonderful small city. Old Louisville is quite charming.
I would imagine it would be hard to find a critical mass of tech talent there, however.
Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#4People actually move to new cities in order to found startups?
And when they do, they move to Silicon Valley or the Bay Area, where talent is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet?
WTF?
I live in Boston and dig it, but this sort of article screams "trying too hard." Anyone who even considers the possibility that Boston might not have enough talent for their startup is a crackhead. Basically any place with a university and access to the internet is a good enough place for the right founder to build something of quality.
Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#5A few reasons why Buzzient is in Boston and staying put:
http://www.buzzient.com/blog/why-buzzient-moved-to-the-innov...
One of the main ones just being Geography: We are close to tons of great schools for hiring talent and there is customer access as well, with so many other Fortune 1000 companies around, in Finance especially. If only the investors took as much risk as those in CA and in NYC!
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#6People actually move to new cities in order to found startups? And when they do, they move to Silicon Valley or the Bay Area , where talent is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet? WTF? I live in Boston and dig it, but this sort of article screams "trying too hard." Anyone who even considers the possibility that Boston might not have enough talent for their startup is a crackhead. Basically any place with…
And it's not like Boston has MIT or Harvard or anything like that.
Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#7People actually move to new cities in order to found startups? And when they do, they move to Silicon Valley or the Bay Area , where talent is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet? WTF? I live in Boston and dig it, but this sort of article screams "trying too hard." Anyone who even considers the possibility that Boston might not have enough talent for their startup is a crackhead. Basically any place with…
And it's not like Boston has MIT or Harvard or anything like that.
or BC or BU or Northeastern or Tufts or...
Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#8Probably for the low taxes, I'd guess.
Re: Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups
#9Related question: if you're not aiming to raise money or grow big fast, how important is it to be in a tech hub?
I live in Waltham, right outside of Boston, and am considering moving somewhere cheaper and warmer because the benefits of building a company here (or SV) don't seem as important if you're going the MicroISV/Micropreneur route. Thoughts?
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#10This is great because I wouldn't want to live in California they're going broke and it all seems like MOST of the companies there are just in it to sell out quick and make money.