It's a great town and an amazing climate for getting motivation & support for building your ideas. Move if you'd like to! But please don't go, as some people ha

It's a great town and an amazing climate for getting motivation & support for building your ideas. Move if you'd like to! But please don't go, as some people have, under the belief that you'll immediately stumble across a pile of money upon arriving. The funding climate just got a lot harsher, and even at its best you still need several months and a bit of good luck before you know enough about the community to even begin having the relevant funding conversations. After our YC round, my first company moved ourselves from the valley to London. It's not as extreme, but you can get some of what the valley offers from London, Berlin, Israel, Amsterdam (app development), and others. I was just in Bulgaria, for example, and they had a decent scene. So does Spain. If you're in the valley, you kind of can't avoid the startup community. In the other major cities, you have to make a bit of an effort, but you can still definitely build a support network and get in touch with investors when you're ready. Good luck!