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The region you live in matters greatly. Take Dayton. It doesn't impact me as I have not been anywhere near Dayton in all the years I've live in Ohio. Columbus,
by gaoshan 5y ago
The region you live in matters greatly. Take Dayton. It doesn't impact me as I have not been anywhere near Dayton in all the years I've live in Ohio. Columbus, on the other hand, is a really nice city with a great vibe. I'm guessing it could be like saying, "Don't move to California. Moving to Riverside was the worst decision of my life." The real message is don't move to places that are down and out.
- kragen 5y agoColumbus did seem nicer when I visited. But is it really "not down and out"?
- werm82 5y agoIt's one of only 14 cities in the US to gain 100k residents in the last decade.
- kragen 5y agoWhat startups has it produced in the last decade? Or, more knowably, the decade before that, 02002–02012?
- mNovak 5y agoCoverMyMeds was the recent poster child ($1B exit). Ohio has a large focus on insurance and med/biotech.
- PKop 5y agoRoot insurance has been a recent one https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rootinsurance https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rootinsurance CoverMyMeds another https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/covermymeds-com https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/covermymeds-com At least for a Midwest city, investment does seem to be picking up https://news.yahoo.com/columbus-startup-funding-skyrocketing-112024375.html https://news.yahoo.com/columbus-startup-funding-skyrocketing...
- kragen 5y agoThat's pretty significant!
- werm82 5y agoCoverMyMeds, Root Insurance, and Olive are a couple of unicorns.