Interestingly, my startup did something very similar early on, and is now in the process of moving away from the Valley. The cachet of a Valley presence, while

Interestingly, my startup did something very similar early on, and is now in the process of moving away from the Valley. The cachet of a Valley presence, while helpful to us for fundraising, hurt us when dealing with our target customer (the government). So now we're in the slow process of moving back East.