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Having been in the "industry" for a large number of years now, I genuinely don't find that any of the startups are congregating around the these new areas unles
by meaty 14y ago
Having been in the "industry" for a large number of years now, I genuinely don't find that any of the startups are congregating around the these new areas unless they are VC funded burn-out outfits which to be honest I wouldn't poke with a stick.
Most of the genuinely interesting ones seem to be running out of people's houses with no specific location. They're also making cash without VC intervention.
- skipchris 14y agoWe're a growing startup, based out of a real office with air conditioning, carpets and everything, with paying customers and no VC intervention. And we're based out of Newcastle. Just one data point, granted, but we're not alone.
- cabalamat 14y ago> VC funded burn-out outfits Explain this term please.
- meaty 14y agoTake cash from VCs, burn it on shit (some of which is legally dubious such as the rise of the ticket tout startup), fold making no profit.
- twitchhiker 14y agoYou appear be describing Silicon Valley also.
- meaty 14y agoFair point actually!
- thisone 14y agoYou've got a good point. We've been profitable from day one and never had investment until very recently, not even a bank loan. However, we are in Newcastle. Why? Because that's where(ish) we live. As a developer, it's nice to be able to get out a couple times a month and meet like minded folks at things like SuperMondays and talk about specifics at user group meetings. Personally, I'd rather work down in York but from what mates tell me, the community isn't quite there.
- meaty 14y agoBytemark are in York. I don't know anyone else up there but it's nicer than Newcastle.
- phpnode 14y agoYeah there's not much of a startup community down here in York, it is much nicer than Newcastle but also more expensive on average. We really need a HN meetup in the north(ish) east.
- pdrummond 14y agoDurham is mucher nicer too and much closer than York
- sbarlster 14y agoI agree with these thoughts. A founder with enough passion and drive for their company doesn't need VC funding - if IT focused. IT stuff can be built and hosted with minimal outlay. VC money needed for cash intensive manufacturing activities?
- twitchhiker 14y agoYeah, totally agree. Nothing of value in Newcastle unless there's a VC sticking stupid money in: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/02/pair-the-mobile-app-for-two-buys-uks-cupple-and-rebrands-as-couple/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/02/pair-the-mobile-app-for-two... Well, apart from that news story about a bootstrapped startup from five days ago, I mean.