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The key would be some fiber optic enabled always on teleconferencing pipe which connected teams in Silicon Valley to teams in the Midwest. At this point the di
by jpao79 9y ago
The key would be some fiber optic enabled always on teleconferencing pipe which connected teams in Silicon Valley to teams in the Midwest. At this point the differential for rents and cost of living between the two locales is high enough that it would far surpass the Verizon Fios/Google Fiber monthly bill.
That said, my bet would be Fresno, Brentwood, Sacramento, Morgan Hill, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Madera. California High Speed Rail is going to be a game changer. Plus even today those locations are on the way to VC vacation destinations (i.e. Yosemite, Tahoe, Monterey) which could then be expensed as business travel. And they are in the same timezone.
- kolanos 9y agoThe only one I agree with here is Tahoe. No idea why more startups don't operate out of NV.
- seehafer 9y agoNevada side of Lake Tahoe? Easy. No space. Reno? Easy. No ecosystem, aside from specialized things (Gigafactory etc). I would LOVE to start an accelerator type thing just over the border of SLT, CA. But I would expect everyone would leave at the end of the it for a larger metro.
- intrasight 9y agoI agree with Reno. I actually think some good things are gonna start happening there due to several positive aspects. It's a big enough city to have nice cultural features. It has pretty good air connectivity. There's a younger crowd arriving and opening restaurants and brewpubs.
- kolanos 9y agoRe: the ecosystem. I think that's in the process of being addressed. If I'm starting a startup, I'm looking seriously at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center [0].. Tahoe/Reno are only a few hours drive out of the Bay Area and the Reno area has a dramatically lower cost-of-living. [0]: http://tahoereno.com http://tahoereno.com
- jpao79 9y agoI remember visiting clients somewhere south of Reno in some office park in the spring time. They had an awesome conference room with windows which overlooked some hills. It was this amazing verdant green color.