Location Questions

San Francisco and New York are notorious for their high cost of living. While the startup scene on those two cities is great, the downside is even a $100K+ salary means a mediocre living...

Location Silicon Valley San Francisco New York Startups

asked Jun 14 '15 at 17:40

Sara Shepard
12 points

What are some lesser known reasons why not to relocate to Boston to start your company?If you're a Boston area startup, what are some things that you feel the city lacks?

Location Boston Startups

asked Apr 1 '14 at 18:11

Lisa Gonzalez
6 points

If you decide to move to a city where the cost of living is the cheapest, and there is absolutely no startup scene. Any advice for starting a tech company in such a place?

Location Startups

asked Mar 27 '14 at 13:36

Steven Robinson
19 points

I want to start a business and have an opportunity to immigrate to US. I am at a crossroads in my life. I have a good business idea and need web developers and programmers to start my website as...

Getting Started Location Business Online Entrepreneurship

asked Aug 21 '13 at 23:15

User27529
6 points

I have a question similar to this one, with one difference: I'm going to be running my business while travelling the world over the next few years, both in the US and out. (I'm a resident of...

LLC Location Legal Tax Business

asked Jun 12 '13 at 15:56

Archagon
111 points

I need some suggestion on the current situation that I am in. I am currently in PA, I have decided to start my web-based company and I've decided to move to the Bay Area by the end of this month. I...

LLC Location Legal

asked Jun 17 '13 at 13:27

Ayrton Senna
124 points

We are a location based social network connecting like minded people. We are ready with our product and want to select a city to start marketing. Basic costs touch upto $5k a month just for...

Marketing Location Social Network

asked Feb 2 '13 at 06:32

Rajiv Singh
14 points

Details: I plan to sell downloadable information through passive search-engine ads, which could end up anywhere. I am hoping that US copyrights will be sufficient (can I do better?). My unbacked...

Ecommerce Location Legal Registration

asked Oct 1 '12 at 18:38

User19934
1 point

On a website like groupon were it is centrilized (location based) how impactful and important is the first location the website is launched? Meaning if an app (again like groupon) launches in...

Launch Location

asked Aug 31 '12 at 03:30

James
6 points

around 1 year ago I quit my job . Which was in a metro city and changed my location to a small city(my hometown) to start my business. and according to me for starting a business we should have 3...

Location

asked Mar 31 '12 at 17:38

Michal Fernadis
1 point

I live on the west coast. Of France. I'm currently looking at starting my own web startup. I have the idea, the expertise, even the cofounder. I'm reading a lot on the subject, and I intend to...

Bootstrapped Location

asked Oct 28 '11 at 22:52

Tom Macdonald
113 points

I am almost finish with my Web application. I was thinking to go to California and present it to angels. Is it a good place to find angels? I is there places I should go to meet people that can...

Location Angel Investors

asked Oct 19 '11 at 05:31

Jean Nicolas Boulay Desjardins
162 points

We are having a startup in social and location based networking space. We are currently in private beta. What will be the best strategy or events to launch the product? Thanks!

Marketing Launch Location Social Network Beta

asked Aug 1 '11 at 04:47

Neology
113 points

I'm interested in how a company like Foursquare would start up. So let's pretend they are at the very beginning of their idea and they have no money; just the idea. So they write down their...

Marketing Location Social Network

asked Jun 8 '11 at 19:21

I Scotts
152 points

I assume Foursquare faced this issue. You've got a social service that is location based but requires a lot of users to make valuable. I'm in a similar boat with an upcoming start up, and I'm...

Location Apps Growth Social

asked May 17 '11 at 19:13

Long Winter
271 points

In attracting investors, does the city/location of the startup play a role? Is it better to start the company in Souther California or in Bellevue, WA ?

Location

asked May 4 '11 at 06:05

Sakthy
45 points

Were are working on an online service that will sell both digital and physical goods in the U.S. Orders for physical goods will be fulfilled by U.S. based suppliers. I am American but based in...

LLC Location Apps

asked Apr 14 '11 at 03:57

Miguel Buckenmeyer
482 points

I'm in NY. It's been suggested I limit the scope of my VC courting to my native coast. I appreciate the intimacy of the entrepreneur/VC relationship, but if I'm looking for early-stage funding,...

Venture Capital Location

asked Apr 16 '11 at 04:51

Anonymous
16 points

Are most technology based venture capital firms headquartered in California or are there also plenty of venture capital firms in the New England area (New York, Boston, etc)?

Venture Location Investment

asked Mar 17 '11 at 06:20

Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

I read here, and in articles elsewhere, about how important it is for a startup to be located in Silicon Valley. But they're all very vague, mentioning "the energy" or "the talent" or...

Networking Location Silicon Valley Investors

asked Feb 26 '11 at 20:04

Sean
134 points