SAS, IBM (software group, among others), NetApp, EMC, cisco and others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park#Companies_and_institutions_in_or_nea

SAS, IBM (software group, among others), NetApp, EMC, cisco and others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park#Companies_and_institutions_in_or_near_the_Research_Triangle_Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park#Companie... Not sure if those are interesting to you. I'm not sure the talent pool is measurably smaller if you're looking for people to help with a startup, but I've never even been to SF. There are several fairly decent universities in the area NCSU, Duke, & UNC that feed plenty of smart people into the workforce.