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Poll: What other US cities for a YC like program?
I know some may feel YC like programs aren't a regional business. In essence, they're not, but that doesn't mean there aren't large entrepreneur communities that could use something like YC in their city.
I only made it US cities, because that's probably a good place to start. Europe could be a poll of its own and maybe someone else should do that in a day or so. Tons of opportunity there
PS- if a choice isn't on there that shouldnt be, just leave a comment and i'll add it.
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- Oompa 17y agoAtlanta
- psadauskas 17y agoDenver/Boulder
- mtrichardson 17y agoPortland, OR.
- profquail 17y agoRaleigh, NC
- f00 17y agoAustin, TX. A YC-ish group called 'Capital Factory' recently began operating here, but if you look at the inaugural group of funded ventures, they're either: a) Not attracting Silicon Valley caliber talent/ideas/entrepreneurs or b) Not looking for the same type of startups as YC. I'm not sure which, but I sadly suspect the former. Also, given that YC appears to be going Valley-only, perhaps the 'Another Boston option' should just be Boston, MA, right?
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agointeresting re: cap factory. techstars is in boston now too.
- gojomo 17y agoHas the poll locked or hit a maximum? Lots of good suggestions in comments aren't yet poll options.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agostepped away from the computer. going to add in some new ones. Update: done. Geez polls get killed in terms of staying on the homepage rankings.
- larrykubin 17y agoAustin is great. We have a large university, many freelance web developers/designers, and lots of wi-fi. A small amount of money goes a long way here, which is a big plus.
- arohner 17y agoGiven that I applied to cap factory and got denied, I suspect the latter. :-) From what I saw, they appear to be looking for more polished startups, and their application process does not have the same focus on finding talented hackers that YC's appears to have.
- f00 17y agoYou're probably right. I was feeling negative, because I had hoped that Capital Factory would provide seed funding for innovative development and help kindle some entrepreneurship among top-notch hacker types in Austin. I'm not really sure what motivated them to pick a hodgepodge of me-too web properties (a few niche craigslist-ish things and a pet medical site). Outside of Capital Factory, it seems like Austin Ventures and friends will continue to fund more of the same recycled enterprise network/virtualization/identity management software companies, being started by the same management teams over and over. I really hope the next batch of CF startups is more interesting/innovative. Good luck with your venture, it looks promising, even if CF didn't care to fund it.
- krauses 17y agoColumbus, Ohio.
- keefe 17y agoI hail from Cincinnati originally, details please???
- sarvesh 17y agoSan Diego
- LukeG 17y agoGreat research university (UCSD), decent support schools (USD + SDSU), massive biotech/medtech startup scene, some strong big tech & gaming companies (e.g Qualcomm, Sony Online Entertainment), growing startup/web scene (Mindtouch and more), great weather, easy, relaxed lifestyle, relatively cheap housing...
- maxent 17y agoJoin us at the San Diego Tech Founders meeting July 16th. I'm organizing a group of San Diego Tech Founders with the purpose of meeting monthly to discuss customer and product development and business strategy. I would also like the group to develop into a great place to meet potential co-founders. http://sd.techfounders.org/ http://sd.techfounders.org/ http://twitter.com/sdtechfounders http://twitter.com/sdtechfounders If you are a founder of a technology company, or have the desire to start/co-found a technology company, please join us for presentations and networking at our first meeting on Thursday, July 16th at the Hive Haus co-working space in downtown San Diego. Details and RSVP at http://bit.ly/15qTnn http://bit.ly/15qTnn Mike
- sarvesh 17y agoNice, I'll be there.
- wheels 17y agoThere are, for the record, YC-like programs in Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Boulder, Austin and Washington D.C. and something similar in NYC -- if not more.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agowhat is there in NYC? Hatchery is more like an incubator?
- wheels 17y agohttp://www.startatspark.com/ http://www.startatspark.com/ was what I had in mind.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoseems more like a CRV quick start type program?
- tsondermann 17y agoI'm helping Betaspring in Providence RI get off the ground. http://betaspring.com http://betaspring.com. There's also Bootup Labs in Vancouver, Junto Partners in Salt Lake City, Good Company Ventures (for social enterprise) and DreamIt in Philly , Next Start in Greenville, Alphalab in Pittsburgh.
- maukdaddy 17y agoWhat is the name of the YC-like program in Chicago?
- wheels 17y agoAh, I thought DreamIt was in Chicago; seems to be in Philly.
- bmelton 17y agoI at least googled before asking, but what's the DC equivalent?
- rms 17y agoPittsburgh
- steveklabnik 17y agoI'm posting this from AlphaLab right now. http://alphalab.org/default.aspx http://alphalab.org/default.aspx
- brianlash 17y agoLove finding other Pittsburgh YC'ers. Drop me an email sometime - I'd love to get together and shoot the bull.
- rms 17y agoIt's about time we do another meetup... I have emails for a lot of the Pittsburgh people here, please send me an email if you're not on my list.
- steveklabnik 17y agoOpen Coffee is this Thursday, I'm sure that there'll be a lot of Pittsburgh's HN-ers there, right? I missed the last meetup.
- khangtoh 17y agoWhat's up Steve!
- vyrotek 17y agoSalt Lake City, UT
- mkull 17y agoPhiladelphia, DreamIT is based here and has gotten a lot of local support
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoI was going to add that, but I feel DreamIT has philly covered well enough.
- dcassel 17y agoPhilly's got lots of colleges & universities, though not as well known as Boston's. One of PG's criteria!
- mkull 17y agoWharton is pretty well known
- shedd 17y agoThe way the Philadelphia startup community has rallied around Indy Hall, Philadelphia Startup Leaders, and DreamIt is extremely impressive and the nucleus of something bigger.
- beaker 17y agoSan Diego
- timwiseman 17y agoI voted for Las Vegas, and I'll admit I'm biased since I live there, but let me elaborate as to why I think it could be a hotbed. Many people know Las Vegas as only a resort community, which was and remains its focus, but recently it has a growing entrepreneurial base. Small companies such as Heatlh Data Insights have been started here and grew exceedingly quickly. Moreover even its nature as a resort town is helpful to certain types of startups since numerous conventions are held here and thus facilitate networking with people in various fields with minimal travel. It currently has both a major university (UNLV) and a smaller community college (CSN). While neither are exceptionally highly ranked that is largely because they are young as institutions and UNLV was improving with impressive speed prior to the economic downturn. Boyd School of Law within UNLV continues to climb the charts in spite of the downturn. So there is a strong and growing academic base here. While the cost of living here is unfortunately high, it is less so than Silicon Valley so that is clearly no major barrier. In all, I think Las Vegas would be a rich vein for startups in the future.
- anamax 17y ago> Boyd School of Law within UNLV continues to climb the charts in spite of the downturn. And the relevance of this to startups is? (One possible answer is "they do startup law", but only if they actually do.) > While the cost of living here is unfortunately high, it is less so than Silicon Valley so that is clearly no major barrier. "barrier" has something to do with the relationship between cost and benefit. If the cost is 10% less but the benefit is 50% less....
- timwiseman 17y ago>And the relevance of this to startups is? It depends on how you define startup. If you are referring specifically to high tech startups, then the relevance is fairly small. If you use the term more generally for recently formed, small companies then many fields require immediate access to lawyers. And for many of those, the more and cheaper the lawyers they can get, the better. HDI, a company I would cite as a recent success story here, requires frequent access to lawyers as part of its business model. >"barrier" has something to do with the relationship between cost and benefit. If the cost is 10% less but the benefit is 50% less.." You are completely right. Perhaps I should have more cautiously said "While the cost of living here is unfortunately high, it is less so than Silicon Valley so that is clearly not necessarily a major barrier in itself."
- imp 17y agoCleveland, OH
- drinian 17y agoBaltimore. Relatively low rents for the East Coast, culturally unique, and has low-cost access to DC, Philadelphia, and New York. Not to mention there's huge numbers of technical people around here because of the federal government.
- bmelton 17y agoI hope this isn't taken as snarky as it sounds when I say it out loud, but in my experience, the average federal employee is the last person I'd expect to be entrepreneurial in the least. And do note that I say that as a federal contractor.
- enomar 17y agoIrvine, CA (Orange County)
- ABrandt 17y agoSaint Louis or Chicago anyone? I really don't know of any real tech communities throughout the Midwest but there certainly is a lot of talent here.
- oakmac 17y agoHouston
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- medianama 17y agoNew Delhi, India
- abyssknight 17y ago+1 for Orlando. We have a great community down here, and cost of living is far less than the bay area (and taxes are low too!). You could probably bootstrap a lot easier here, and if everything goes horribly wrong there's a decent job market to fall back on.