Startup people flock to San Francisco and the Bay Area in general because of accelerated learning. You get accelerated learning because everyone is here. Need s

Startup people flock to San Francisco and the Bay Area in general because of accelerated learning. You get accelerated learning because everyone is here. Need some paid CAC, viral growth, fundraising, scaling or pretty much anything startup expertise? Those people are all here. It's similar to picking between State vs. Private institutions for school. You will certainly get more bang for your buck in at the State school but you will miss out on the pools of brilliant minds at MIT. (There are similar echo chamber trade offs) Raising funds aside, you gotta ask yourself... is the additional runway gained from moving to a cheaper location worth the potential gains in learning? Is my startup about the hours I put in or about how smart those hours are? I think that you acquire entrepreneur knowledge quicker in SF than pretty much anywhere in the world. I feel like I've gained decades of experience in only 2 years here.