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I think the endgame here is having the business end of your company near capital/partners/customers and the operational/R&D end in a lower-cost area. I'm all f

I think the endgame here is having the business end of your company near capital/partners/customers and the operational/R&D end in a lower-cost area. I'm all for moving to a lower-cost area, but you can't deny the huge benefits that come from being near hundreds of funding sources and partners that SF/SV of today offers. In time I believe innovation will follow the innovators (not the money guys) but that day isn't today.

Maro 11y ago
This is already happening for SV startups founded by foreigners/1st gen. It's much cheaper to keep engineering in India or E.Europe, save about 50-75%. I worked at Prezi, founded by Hungarians, and 2/3 of the company is in Budapest, with a smaller office with mngmnt/marketing/finance in SF. I believe GoodData (founder is from Czech Rep. I believe) is doing something similar.