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Is there a good network of startups and mentors near you to get support from? I live in Chicago, and I'd probably ask myself that same question before deciding

Is there a good network of startups and mentors near you to get support from? I live in Chicago, and I'd probably ask myself that same question before deciding to leave Mountain View. There's a lot of things you can do remotely, but support is one that I just can't do. Not sure about you or others. Regardless, if I got accepted to YC, I'd consider this a good problem to have. I just spammed Ian Hogarth from SongKick on Twitter, asking him to weigh in. I'm curious to hear his thoughts on it.

ian 16y ago
We wanted to be based in one of the live music capitals of the world to be close to our industry and were torn between New York and London. It could have quite easily gone either way. Over the last few years Europe has become quite a strong place for online music (Last.fm of course, and now Spotify and Soundcloud), which is nice to see. It's hard not being based in the Valley though and means a lot more travel if you want to close major distribution partnerships. You have to appear like you're based in the Valley to really compete for deals.