Just yesterday I was at the grand opening of www.startgarden.com in Grand Rapids, they're giving out two $5,000 "experment" investments every single week one of

Just yesterday I was at the grand opening of www.startgarden.com in Grand Rapids, they're giving out two $5,000 "experment" investments every single week one of which is ONLY determined by people voting on the net. I've made the call to found my startup in Grand Rapids, the cost of everything is just so much lower than the valley that you can get a LOT more runway for funding. Plus in your seed round the state will co-invest up to $250k on a dollar for dollar basis.