Reminds of the time I wanted to start a startup in upstate NY. We were going to be purely web-based SaaS. I was working out of my home, and so were the other fo

Reminds of the time I wanted to start a startup in upstate NY. We were going to be purely web-based SaaS. I was working out of my home, and so were the other founders. We approached the local IDA, because we were told that they would give grants to small businesses, especially in "high-tech". The gentleman I met said that he'd able to approve us for $30K. But, he wanted to know where our "manufacturing facility" would be. He just didn't get the concept of a web-based startup; he wanted to know where we would manufacture the software and ship it. Granted, this was 7 years ago. But that's when I decided to throw in the towel and move to the Bay Area.