Hi SkyMarshal, thanks for the reply! While I'd like to be that person that brings the startup culture down here, I don't know if I'm the right guy for that job

Hi SkyMarshal, thanks for the reply! While I'd like to be that person that brings the startup culture down here, I don't know if I'm the right guy for that job. Mainly, my post was probably a poor attempt at simply letting people know that there's a pretty cool place down in Southern California that might be worth investing in (or in other words, encouraging one of those VCs and startup oriented folks to take a small risk in basing their business down here instead of in the Bay). Essentially, importing the talent from Silicon Valley to the Imperial Valley :-). Ideally, that would be the best thing, because I think that would build the culture more quickly (assuming people liked our weather). However, while I was crossing my fingers, I wasn't expecting a whole bunch of responses to my post, so I'll probably take some of your advice and see what I can learn about the Austin startup scene in particular and see how they may have grown it organically over time.