I offer you the opportunity to open your company's office in whichever city you prefer -- I'll bankroll the first three years of rent. Work on the hardest, most

I offer you the opportunity to open your company's office in whichever city you prefer -- I'll bankroll the first three years of rent. Work on the hardest, most challenging thing you think you can deliver, which also can actually deliver real value to your customer -- i.e., solve a difficult and useful problem. I'm also paying for the first few years' salaries of your early employees. Where would you open your office and why? Do you think the location of your family would be an important factor in determining the likelihood of success? Sure, you might be happier there -- are you going to be able to fill the 20 most important roles in your with high quality people? There are probably a small few fields where it makes sense to not be over here. The rest, you're probably going to have a difficult time rationalizing not picking SF/SV. He forgot a million other options too I forgot maybe two important, distinct reasons which don't fold into the ones mentioned. Valuing family time higher than financial opportunities being one of them.