Agreed. I think defense startups are different animals though, based on my experience as a contractor in startup size defense contracting firms in the past. I

Agreed. I think defense startups are different animals though, based on my experience as a contractor in startup size defense contracting firms in the past. I could see different networking circles, different hiring requirements (you mentioned clearances), different software setups (I've worked on teams where using git over ssh not allowed on government networks). I plan the curate the results from this ask into https://github.com/BillBarnhill/AwesomeStartupHubs https://github.com/BillBarnhill/AwesomeStartupHubs, and will include defense hubs there too.