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Moving My Startup from Ohio - Silicon Valley
- ahmedsiddiqui 14y agoWelcome to the valley bro! I moved from MN and it was the best move ever. Don't look back and keep plugging away.
- SparksZilla 14y agoThanks for your support, Ahmed. We do not intend to look back.
- thesmart 14y agoThere's no reason to waste cycles trying to figure out all the company stuff. Laws in CA and the advice you will get about Delaware companies really smooth everything out.
- SparksZilla 14y agoYou couldn't be more right. The legal advice on incorporation etc. has been a huge help.
- dmor 14y agoSo glad you are here and hope you will apply to YC too!
- SparksZilla 14y agoThanks. As soon as the next cycle of apps opens up we definitely will!
- rgrieselhuber 14y agoNice to see more folks from Ohio out here!
- SparksZilla 14y agoThanks, Ray! We should get a group of Ohio people together sometime soon. From what I understand there aren't too many of us yet...
- th0ma5 14y agoLet me know! I'd be interested in hearing from fellow Ohioans.
- jmathai 14y agoWhereabouts in Ohio? Cincinnati, here.
- rgrieselhuber 14y agoSounds like a great idea. I don't think there are many yet.
- joshglick 14y agoI think there is so much room for discussion here, being in a company thats decided to stay and plant roots here in Ohio I hope to be able to add to this conversation soon. I just don't have that information yet. Either way, great post.
- SparksZilla 14y agoI'd love to hear your thoughts in six months, Josh. I also have to recommend you come out here and spend a couple weeks getting to know people, too =)
- patrickambron 14y agoReally good post. We're in the process of doing something very similar, moving from Upstate NY down to NYC. There are pro's and cons to each. Upstate was great when we were building product. It was good to be isolated from distraction and do absolutely nothing but build. Now that we are launched, there are media relationships, mentorships and capital that just don't exist upstate. It's figuring out what your company's priorities are where you need to be to execute them best
- SparksZilla 14y agoI'm glad you enjoyed it. Would love to read a bit about what your experience has been like on the other coast.
- bbillingsley 14y agoSo happy you guys are doing well! I wish more people would have been supportive of your move - it was the right thing for you and LaunchGram.
- SparksZilla 14y agoThanks, Brian. Now it's our job to prove the move was the right thing to do with some numbers!
- Nemisis7654 14y agoGreat post, Andy. It's so awesome that you made this leap. I'd love to follow you in the near future.