Have you ever recruited anyone here? The unemployment rate for good engineers is negative here: you're not just competing with their current job, but with the t

Have you ever recruited anyone here? The unemployment rate for good engineers is negative here: you're not just competing with their current job, but with the two other startups who are wooing them, and the one they're thinking about starting. If you're building something that doesn't require elite technical skill (like most startups), locating in silicon valley is a net negative for recruiting. You're going to have a very difficult time convincing someone to leave Google to work on your social secret photo food delivery app for dogs.