There is some real validity to the points, especially with regards to the investor culture, but mostly because there are just far fewer of them. The good ones

There is some real validity to the points, especially with regards to the investor culture, but mostly because there are just far fewer of them. The good ones are out there, just not in the numbers. Staying out of the fishbowl is definitely helpful, and we've found some great traction in a market that has far less competition. I can imagine anyone in our target in SF will have 100 people knocking on their door to get them involved in a beta. Canada is a great little greenhouse, and a warm pond to test, iterate, and evolve. If you can prove your product/market fit here, then you can look at the big ocean to expand without a huge risk on the cost of scaling.