It's completely feasible if you move to SF with a job in hand. Spend a year working, networking and getting the lay of the land, and then jump off and do your

It's completely feasible if you move to SF with a job in hand. Spend a year working, networking and getting the lay of the land, and then jump off and do your own thing. There's tons of companies that are hiring right now. Aside from that, $18k really isn't much at all in SF or SV. Spend part of the $18k in coming out here for a visit for a month or so, do some networking land a job and then move out. Think of doing startups as a more long term plan rather than a short term leap to SF to see how far you can get by living on ramen noodles.