How many Y Combinator startups have stayed in Cambridge or Bay Area?

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by inklesspen • 19 years ago

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inklesspen2• 19 years ago

I'm interested in how many Y Combinator startups have stayed in the area where they were formed, or if they've moved "Back Home" or to other cities.

pg2• 19 years ago

Overall the more successful startups are less likely to move "home." And among successful ones that did, in all but one case, home happened to be a startup hub. E.g. Iminlikewithyou went to NYC, TextPayMe to Seattle. The one exception so far is Wufoo, who moved back to Florida.

inklesspen2• 19 years ago

That's pretty much what I was expecting; thanks for the confirmation.

SwellJoe• 19 years ago

I have it on pretty good authority that at least two of the three Wufoos would prefer to move back to the valley.

Our company is also staying in the valley for a while...though we'll eventually need a presence back in Austin (where I moved from for WFP07), because about half of the largest companies we want to sell to are in Texas.

Leonidas• 19 years ago

I think it may depend on the type of startup. If I was a "dating" related startup, I'd want to be in NYC. NYC is very huge on the "dating" scene. Heck, they have speed dating there where the guy has to make at least over half a million dollars a year and the girls have to be 'hot' to attend the speed dating session. Tickets cost $500 per person and the speed dating sessions are always sold out.

Harj• 19 years ago

auctomatic "moved" back to London in the sense that we're filing visa applications to get back out there asap. what's more interesting is the number of Cambridge startups that end up in SV (usually in the Crystal Towers building)

Mistone2• 19 years ago

where is the crystal towers building?

RyanGWU82• 19 years ago

It's just an apartment building in San Francisco, but a freakish number of their units are rented by YC founders at this point. It feels more like a dormitory than an apartment building.

gms• 19 years ago

May I ask what your visa options are? (fellow non-US citizen here).

lurker• 19 years ago

what about Inkling? they're in chicago, which is a decidedly lesser startup hub.

pg2• 19 years ago

Yeah, true; ok, Wufoo and Inkling.

mattculbreth• 19 years ago

All I know is that the day after Startup School my cofounders and I starting scoping out places online to help with the move. :)

How many Y Combinator startups have stayed in Cambridge or Bay Area?

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