Tag Archives: startups  Is Your City Startup Friendly?  I was
talking with a few people at the last High Tech Happy Hour and
the last Capital Entrepreneurs meeting about what makes a city
startup friendly.  We came up with a short list, but I’ve been
thinking about it ever since.  What makes a city startup
friendly and how can cities that are not startup friendly make
changes to become more startup friendly?  Startup friendly
cities need to have a high density of smart people.  Potential
founders of startups need other smart people who could be
potential partners, contractors or employees.  Most cities that
have a high density of smart people happen to be cities with
large universities that attract a huge supply of smart people
each year.  It helps that these cities have universities because
it’s even better to have young smart people, rather than simply
smart people.  Young people can afford to take bigger risks and
are more willing to work longer hours for little or no pay than
older people who may already