4 ms·
#2 startup city: Austin, Boulder, or San Diego?
Each city advertises, but what does/is your network/experience?
- gamechangr 15y agoNominate: portland, boston, Washington DC, in that order
- jeffool 15y agoI'd suggest putting "Ask HN:" at the front of this. May get you more traction.
- gamechangr 15y agoShould have thought of that! good point
- thecrumb 15y agoRTP area of North Carolina
- rmah 15y agoNew York City
- gamechangr 15y agoI have friends in NY that say they can never get enough talent to move there (Paul Graham actually says that as well)....if anyone lives there confirm??? PG http://paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html http://paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html "Nerds are a distinct subset of the creative class, with different tastes from the rest. You can see this most clearly in New York, which attracts a lot of creative people, but few nerds. [5]
- achompas 15y agoSeriously, it isn't close. Startup volume here is insane, there's a large number of big-scale successes (Tumblr, Etsy, Foursquare, Kickstarter), a mature group of companies (Google, AOL, Facebook by the end of the year), and a robust small startup community focused in Union Square and Dumbo. Besides, I'd take Boston or Chicago before those cities.
- ig1 15y agoCity count from Crunchbase: NYC: 2407 London: 1807 Austin: 576 Paris: 549 San Diego: 499 Boston: 405 Vancouver: 288 Berlin: 284 Portland: 247 Washington: 200 Boulder: 163
- gamechangr 15y agoThat's helpful...thanks! Do you have a link for that?
- ig1 15y agoNo sorry, I've scraped Crunchbase and built my own analytics tool for the data for my own analyses hence me being able to pull the city counts.
- anonhacker 15y agoVirginia Beach! Never underestimate the allure of cheap living and a beach...
- gamechangr 15y agoIs there an active startup community there? I don't know any hacker there...but I will check the cost of living. Thxs
- connor 15y agoI currently run a startup here in Boulder. It's a wonderful community with the backing of TechStars (even get to work out of their offices sometimes). I'd recommend it if you'd like to get your feet wet in a smaller, closer knit community. Can't speak for Austin yet, headed there in a month.
- gamechangr 15y agoDo you have link?
- eknuth 15y agoI may be biased, but I'd second the nominations for Portland, Oregon. A lot of interesting things are happening. Acquisitions and funding have been intense. Check out the list: http://aaronparecki.com/Portland_Funding_and_Acquisitions http://aaronparecki.com/Portland_Funding_and_Acquisitions
- gamechangr 15y agoI've actually been surprised by Portland. I received four emails (from my profile here) from strangers recommending Portland.