Just out of curiosity, what do you consider "places where serious startup people gather?". I tend to go to the monthly JS meetups (which mostly seemed to have m

Just out of curiosity, what do you consider "places where serious startup people gather?". I tend to go to the monthly JS meetups (which mostly seemed to have moved to IronYard for the time being, thanks to their generosity) when I have time...I've seen some other things like the monthly-ish series that ISL organizes, but those always smelled to me like it would be less "deep" so I never went. I went to a Hacker News meetup once actually (I think it was at Vapiano in ChT), and met a few nice folks but I don't think that ever happened again. Overall, I'd say DC/Metro is a place with a pretty solid balance of interesting problems to solve, people with money who are willing to contribute to their solutions, talent and "runway efficiency". I don't know if the Appian IPO really changes any of that, per se, but I think the region is pretty good for startups - especially if you're willing to think outside the box with respect to how you get your funding / pitch your idea.