The best way to cut success probability of your startup in to half is by basing it in SV. Startups don’t have truckload money to pay for COL in SV. They can’t a

The best way to cut success probability of your startup in to half is by basing it in SV. Startups don’t have truckload money to pay for COL in SV. They can’t attract talent other than big shots who are already multi-millionaires (and likely won’t code). People from other place would not move to join them because base salary won’t even pay for their rent (and stock options stays paper money for long time). It’s utterly foolish to base your startup in SV. Come here for hiring but keep your base out of SV, probably in Austin, Seattle, Florida or may be Southern CA.