A die-hard Silicon Valley exec friend said if you're serious about starting a company you should do it in SV
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Some of these cos are from before SV was a thing. Amazon is in WA because of state sales tax laws.
they all show you don't need to be in a tech hub to build a world class tech team. In fact, it's now likely easier/cheaper outside SV
from everything I'm seeing it's a lot easier to grab talent from schools and poach from tech cos outside SV. Basically no competition
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