TITLE: To Founders in Search of Patience and Low Costs
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: August 11, 2016 10:49 AM
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Nils Pihl, CEO at Traintracks.io, writes about the benefits of
<A HREF="http://blog.traintracks.io/a-swede-returns-to-silicon-valley-from-china-2/">
   launching the start-up in Beijing</A>:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
 It took two years of hard work and late nights at the
 whiteboard to build a prototype of something we knew we
 could be proud of -- and what Silicon Valley investor
 would agree to fund something that would take two years
 to release?  Not only that, but it would have cost us
 roughly 6 times as much money to develop it in Silicon
 Valley -- for no immediate benefit.
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>

If moving to Beijing is not an option for you, fear not.  You
do not have to travel that far to find patient investors, great
programmers, and low cost of living.  Try Des Moines.  Or St.
Louis.  Or Indianapolis.  Or, if you must live in a Major World
City, try Chicago.  Even my small city can offer a good starting
point, though programmers are not as plentiful as we might like.

The US Midwest has a lot of advantages for founders, but none of
the smog you'll find in Beijing and much shorter commutes than
you will find in all the places people tell you you have to go.
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