I’ve learned that having a presence in the Bay Area has had a significant impact on the success of my company. We raised tens of millions of dollars in funding

I’ve learned that having a presence in the Bay Area has had a significant impact on the success of my company. We raised tens of millions of dollars in funding with ease, scaled from 10 to 150 employees (half of which being software engineers) in 3 years, and were acquired by a multi billion dollar company (the company was involved in the original rounds of funding). The acquisition involves most employees continuing to live in the bay and simply driving to a new office location one town over. All of these things just don’t seem possible if the company didn’t employ people in one of the most expensive areas in the country.