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Y Not: Silicon Valley
Weren't accepted to YC? Are you going to bootstrap it in the Bay Area? Looking to rent an apartment with like-minded folks in the coming months? Want to get together for dinner and talk shop on a regular basis?
Lets do it.
- joeguilmette 19y agoI've started a facebook group for us to organize, however, if someone has a better venue to discuss and get things rolling, by all means, post away. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5381210911 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5381210911
- dottertrotter 19y agohttp://hackrtrackr.com http://hackrtrackr.com shows all the ycomb readers in your area interested in a meetup. hopefully they provide their email in the profile.
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- gibsonf1 19y agoMaybe a more relevant picture for the group would be a good idea?
- joeguilmette 19y agook
- chengmi 19y agoHow about this: http://www.diyseotools.com/images/site/yahoo_logo_white.gif http://www.diyseotools.com/images/site/yahoo_logo_white.gif
- brl 19y agoHacker News is a pretty good place to organize, right? Since we're already all here. Maybe we need a mailing list too.
- matth 19y agoIt's a good place to meet, not necessarily to organize.
- hwork 19y agoI'm for it! We've already taken the plunge and now are settled in MV. It's nice out here. Ran into the fuzzwich guys yesterday. Been to SuperHappyDevHouse and Googleplex. Come on out!
- SwellJoe 19y agoIt's like nerd summer camp all year round out here, isn't it? (I came from Austin, which is pretty nerd-friendly, but the valley is just silly.)
- mbuchanan 19y agoGreat job! I hope there's enough hungry teams that this gains momentum. I bet a small site like techstarsblog.com or startupweekend.com would keep the community active.
- ROFISH 19y agoI'm totally in! I know the Facebook group has been mentioned, but we need someplace to discuss logistics and whatnot.
- rwebb 19y agoin for meetups...applied to fb group
- yrashk 19y agoLets do! I am interested to move to Bay Area and share apartments with like-minded folks
- gibsonf1 19y agoCount us in on the getting together part. We can also host events at our SF SOMA office.
- alaskamiller 19y agoBecause of the all the people move in, it's pretty expensive around here.
- iamelgringo 19y agoHow about using meetup.com? They seem to have a lot of decent tools built around this idea.
- iamelgringo 19y agoWe have a space we might be able to use. I'm checking to see if it's cool. If it is, I'll start a Meetup group so we can get together and hang out and chat and compare notes.
- ardit33 19y agoGood god. People, you sound like teeangers, or worse, like those girls that are hot in their town, are all "that", and think they can be actresses so they move to LA. They quickly find out they are thousands of other hot girls, and they are just merely average. They try to find acting jobs to make it "big", but eventually will be forced to wait tables, or work at starbucks. SO, to all you guys that are deciding to move to SV: 1. What stops your "idea" from being successful where you are currently at? Can't you get your business/idea off the ground to a certain point, where you CAN actually get some kind of funding, and maybe have move with VC money, and not your credit card. 2. Do you really think that just by the fact that you come here, you will find everything paved in gold? And everything is going to resolve itself somewhow, and you going to meet that VC/angel and give you money? 3. Are you actually preparing to move to the SF Bay area well enough? Do you guys realise that rents and living expenses are thru the roof in here (NYC/Manhatan is the only place more expensive). Do you guys know how HARD (like in months) is to find a decent appartment. Make sure you get some temporary housing BEFORE coming here, or you will get screweded big time by thinking you can stay in ah hotel, and find a place in a week or so. People, I don't want to rein your parada, but be realistic. If you have a very good idea/prototype/initial users, tell VCs. that you have the willingess to move to SV, and maybe move here when you get some funding. Otherwise, you can come to SF (visiting) go to those tech parties, demos, to connect with potential investors. You don't need to move to SV to do that.
- joeguilmette 19y agoI'm not suggesting people move to the bay area. I'm trying to organize those of us that are already here. I've lived here for quite some time.
- herdrick 19y agoYou're off on several counts. For one thing, it does not take months to find an apartment. If you're willing to spend a month you can find a great deal (relatively of course), if you need an apartment in a week you can just pay a little more. More generally, if you aren't tied down with family obligations, move to Silicon Valley.
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- rnesh 19y agoI'm currently working on a site to help organize and keep this part of the community connected. I'll keep everyone updated if enough people are interested. Feel free to suggest any features you would like to see, along with any questions. pasterob@gmail.com
- gscott 19y agoI am tired of bootstrapping and am just ready to find the right funding and put the pedal to the metal. I am 4 hours away, but am more then willing to make the drive I signed up for the facebook group.
- perezd 19y agoI am all for it, Lets do it!