I honestly don't know why so many people care where a company starts. For example, Microsoft started in Redmond. Rovio isn't even in the US. Notch is a Swede.

I honestly don't know why so many people care where a company starts. For example, Microsoft started in Redmond. Rovio isn't even in the US. Notch is a Swede. For what it's worth, people should really look at their product and build it wherever they can. Screen sharing and remote chatting for 4-5 hours a day anywhere has helped. As long as most everyone is within reach of 3 hours (basically, anywhere in the continental US), it's possible. I'm not bold enough to try international borders merely to keep payroll compliance, legal liability, and agreements effective, but I'm sure it can work. Just ask free software projects how that's working over Github. In fact, I find it beneficial not to have my employees in a startup hub so that companies like Google can't poach them. After all, a location is just a location. If you're an Internet business, you don't actually meet up with your customers when you have a problem.