HN: We're starting a "Move to Silicon Valley" wiki. We could use some help.

My suggestion: a section about immigration and a list of startups hiring people who wants to work in U.S.

I just started something very similar for the DC area (<a href="http://dcstartupwiki.com/" rel="nofollow">http://dcstartupwiki.com/</a>). It makes sense to have a centralized location for all this startup in, but delegated by locale. That way, there only needs to be one location to goto to get started and from there you can choose where you are looking for relevant startup info about.<p>I know PG owns <a href="http://startupwiki.com" rel="nofollow">http://startupwiki.com</a>, and has some longterm plans for it, but it'd be nice to see a easily rememberable centralized location for all this information. Somewhere down the line it could gain sponsorships in order to pay for itself, and (BFAD) become a centralized location for startups to lobby for things then benefit all of them (i.e. legislation, at least in the US)

Why just Silicon Valley and not the whole SF Bay Area?<p>edit: Actually, now I look at your wiki it seems to be focused on the whole Bay Area while just claiming to be about the valley. This is wrong: San Francisco isn't part of SV and certainly the East Bay isn't either. (San Jose is debatable.) Now, while most of the early errors made in a wiki will get corrected eventually, giving it the wrong <i>name</i> is an uncorrectable error, so I'd recommend changing the name before you do anything else.

By they way, incoming links from blogs, etc... are always welcome. We really want this to be a community resource that becomes useful for years.

We are working on something similar in Australia - <a href="http://www.startup-australia.org/thevalley" rel="nofollow">http://www.startup-australia.org/thevalley</a>. I am moving to SV early next year. I'll try to add to the SVstartup wiki based on few bits of information I have gathered.

I think this is a good idea not only for those seeking to move to the Valley but also those just there for a visit. I was there for a week before and after Startup School this year and I would have loved to have had a definitive hackers reference for the area. It might also be worth asking pg is you can use some of the content from his "Where to see in Silicon Valley" essay.

I gave a presentation at FOWA in London recently on this exact topic - you can see my slides at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bandrew/fowa-2010-fighting-and-thriving-in-the-valley" rel="nofollow">http://www.slideshare.net/bandrew/fowa-2010-fighting-and-thr...</a><p>Hope you find the content useful.

I'm not a great resource of Silicon Valley startup advice, but if you need any help with the technical aspects (such as rewrite rules so you don't have URLs that look like /~svstartu/index.php?title=Main_Page ;), or if you need a skin, MediaWiki extension, etc, I'd be happy to help. I have some experience with the internals of MediaWiki.<p>EDIT: Also, for others looking where to start, take a peek at this page for a full list of pages that need to be created: <a href="http://svstartup.com/~svstartu/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages" rel="nofollow">http://svstartup.com/~svstartu/index.php?title=Special:Wante...</a>

This could be invaluable to me. I plan on quitting my job at the startup where I currently work to move to SF/SV (Prefer SF) and look for work. Resources for networking, places to work on projects and cheap places to crash.

Wow, what perfect timing, I'm planning on moving out there in 6 months and just started my research :) I'll add my thoughts to the wiki after I go through the whole process

Thank you! I wish I could contribute. I'll certainly keep an eye on the content that does turn up as we're getting increasingly restless in Vienna. In addition to the immigration related stuff mentioned in another thread, I'd be much obliged to anyone who could contribute cost-of-living related info. Basics like rent, utilities and food and any expense I might not be expecting coming from Europe...

Thank you very much. This is very helpful.

This is a great idea.<p>Anybody know of similar resources for Seattle? I'm moving there inside of 6 weeks with a half-time telecommute job and I'm looking to get involved in the tech scene and find people to hack with.

I think Quora is a more appropriate destination for this content, it already has a great critical mass of users, and a more accessible UI. (you also know it won't just vanish tomorrow)

On the job boards page you were linking to startup.ly which is a parked domain. I've edited it to link to startuply.com, I hope this is the one you meant.

Does anyone know of a "Move to New York" wiki? One specific to startups would be great, but a more generic guide would be great, too.

also you can find some references/links in this post <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1586027" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1586027</a>

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