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There is a startup scene here, but it's nowhere near as vibrant as the Bay Area. I'm not an expert on this, but one of my coworkers at the Seattle-based startup

There is a startup scene here, but it's nowhere near as vibrant as the Bay Area. I'm not an expert on this, but one of my coworkers at the Seattle-based startup I previously worked at told me that most local investors were skittish. Supposedly, they tend to balk at any startup that isn't a B2B. The technical reputation definitely comes from Microsoft and Amazon being headquartered here, along with branches for eBay, Google, and Facebook.

ucee054 13y ago
The technical reputation definitely comes from Does Nintendo count for anything?
- eru 13y ago
  Do they develop there?
  - ucee054 13y ago
    Apparently http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Software_Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Software_Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Technology_Development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Technology_Development
kyllo 13y ago
Exactly. Not a whole lot in the way of consumer web / social media startups going on here. We have a lot of B2B and consulting companies, many of which feed off either the Microsoft or Amazon or perhaps even Boeing ecosystem. There is a lot of tech talent in Seattle, and even more demand for it, but there seems to be a lack of VC money looking for startups to invest in. It just isn't really the model here.