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Two comments: 1. Philadelphia is a mediocre city for startups, not only because it's sort of boring, but because there's NO INVESTOR MONEY THERE. That's the nu

Two comments: 1. Philadelphia is a mediocre city for startups, not only because it's sort of boring, but because there's NO INVESTOR MONEY THERE. That's the number one determinant of where startups are and thrive. Hi SF, Boston, NYC. 2. What's up with dreamit's website? http://www.dreamitventures.com/ http://www.dreamitventures.com/ Live Your Dream! - Do they want me to sell knives or something? As a founder I'm all for anything that gives entrepreneurs capital to build their own companies and increases the level of competition, but something just seems...off. EDIT: No idea why I typed Midwest. Reading about my beloved Detroit Lions and writing on HN is not smart. Rich zip codes don't matter much. Investors do. I thought it was obvious I was talking about investor capital, but I updated that as well.

kingkongrevenge 18y ago
Midwest WTF? There is a serious amount of capital around Philadelphia. It has a couple of the richest zip codes in the country. You just don't know what you're talking about.
- fallentimes 18y ago
  haha that was my bad, corrected. Just because the zip code is rich doesn't mean the area is full of startup investors. Maybe I should up & move to Beverly Hills, Palm Beach or New Canaan. Come on. I didn't say it was awful, it's just not very good.
  - kingkongrevenge 18y ago
    > doesn't mean the area is full of startup investors I'm sorry, I forgot startup just means webtard 2.0 stuff around here. New profitable companies that work with elevators or pharmaceutical plant operations don't count.
    - fallentimes 18y ago
      We're profitable. And so were my two businesses (one website, one not) before this one. I get what you're saying, but I believe the article was talking about startup/website/application investments not traditional brick & mortar businesses.
- wheels 18y ago
  First Round (www.firstround.com) is the one that comes to mind there. At least based on his online presence Josh (who's around here some too, I think) is one of the investors out there that I have a good deal of respect for.
davidw 18y ago
> it's in the midwest Midwest?
- fallentimes 18y ago
  Corrected - fetching coffee now.

kingkongrevenge 18y ago

Midwest WTF? There is a serious amount of capital around Philadelphia. It has a couple of the richest zip codes in the country. You just don't know what you're talking about.

fallentimes 18y ago
haha that was my bad, corrected. Just because the zip code is rich doesn't mean the area is full of startup investors. Maybe I should up & move to Beverly Hills, Palm Beach or New Canaan. Come on. I didn't say it was awful, it's just not very good.
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago
  > doesn't mean the area is full of startup investors I'm sorry, I forgot startup just means webtard 2.0 stuff around here. New profitable companies that work with elevators or pharmaceutical plant operations don't count.
  - fallentimes 18y ago
    We're profitable. And so were my two businesses (one website, one not) before this one. I get what you're saying, but I believe the article was talking about startup/website/application investments not traditional brick & mortar businesses.
wheels 18y ago
First Round (www.firstround.com) is the one that comes to mind there. At least based on his online presence Josh (who's around here some too, I think) is one of the investors out there that I have a good deal of respect for.

davidw 18y ago

> it's in the midwest Midwest?

fallentimes 18y ago
Corrected - fetching coffee now.