Comments on: Location? Location! Location.

By: sami

sami — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:00 +0000

Hmm.. thats really informative or I may say an over informative post, I like it very much, keep sharing such great posts.

By: Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:25:57 +0000

Dude- While I love the passion, I have to disagree pretty strongly with a few points.

Location definitely matters when it comes to hiring top talent. Yes rockstars work for rockstars, but rockstars also work for rockstar ideas led by unproven but highly inspiring people (rockstars in training). And it's significantly easier to inspire, lead, and rock in person than over skype/chat/phone/chatroulette.

Ramen does cost the same everywhere, but turns out the same apt in Chicago (where I currently reside) is about 50% of the cost of that same apt in NY, and 65% of the cost in SF (guesses). There are significant cost differences.

Also, location builds or strongly contributes to the attitude, persona, & culture. Very important things in the building of a company.

Lastly, I whole heartedly agree with this point, and it's genius: "If you want to live in NYC, or Boulder, Austin or LA, do it because you want to. Do it because it puts you in the right frame of mind to be excellent...un your fucking companyun your fucking company."

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:33:00 +0000

Good point. Find the right spot for you and your endeavors. The world is getting to be a much smaller place anyways. Hollywood and Bollywood aren’t as far apart as one would think.

By: Dave Baxter

Dave Baxter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:13:55 +0000

Amen, bruddah. I'm only in LA because the gf graduated film school, and, well, where else do you go after graduating film school? Or such was the logic. One year after we moved here a producer actually did call her up and now their busy making her student thesis film a full-length project...and this producer called from New York. Go figure. It's still one of the "coastals", but not the one you'd expect.

Then for myself, here I am in LA, and where does the big offer to help kick-start a start-up come from? From some dipstick in Spain, of all places! (you know who I'm talking about :P) A guy I'd never even met in person! (and still haven't!!!).

Talk about location ceasing to be important... That's a damn good thing, though.

--Dave B.