<story><title>Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups</title><url>http://bostinno.com/2012/02/14/built-in-boston-why-great-entrepreneurs-are-choosing-ma-to-build-their-startups/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>feralchimp</author><text>People actually move to new cities in order to found startups?&lt;p&gt;And when they do, they move to &lt;i&gt;Silicon Valley&lt;/i&gt; or the &lt;i&gt;Bay Area&lt;/i&gt;, where talent is more expensive than anywhere else on the planet?&lt;p&gt;WTF?&lt;p&gt;I live in Boston and dig it, but this sort of article screams &quot;trying too hard.&quot;  Anyone who even considers the possibility that Boston might not have enough talent for their startup is a crackhead.  Basically any place with a university and access to the internet is a good enough place for the right founder to build something of quality.</text></comment>
<story><title>Built in Boston: Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Choosing MA to Build Their Startups</title><url>http://bostinno.com/2012/02/14/built-in-boston-why-great-entrepreneurs-are-choosing-ma-to-build-their-startups/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>robmay</author><text>I will add that Backupify started in Louisville, KY, and we were funded by First Round while we were still there.  We didn&apos;t have to move to raise money, but we couldn&apos;t find the tech/startup talent we needed.  So we looked at NYC, Boston, and the Valley.  I talked to lots of people who lived in each place and ultimately, as you would expect, everyone raved about whichever place it was that they lived.  Ultimately, I chose Boston because MIT is the most innovative place in the world, and because it is a highly intellectual city and I have a lot of interests outside of just tech startups.  I&apos;ve been very very happy here, and think it&apos;s a great place to build a company.</text></comment>