Ask HN: Why move to Silicon Valley versus going to London?

3 pointsby throwaway73120almost 14 years ago

I, along with my co-founder, are currently debating whether to move to Silicon Valley (neither one of us has roots there) or go to Britain (one of is British).<p>I think that startups based in Silicon Valley are statistically going to have a higher chance of a) success and b) funding. But I just don't have raw data or stats to back that up.<p>Any one care to share something tangible?

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pbreitalmost 14 years ago

The home of Apple, Ebay, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, LinkedIn, DropBox, AirBnB, PayPal, Yammer, Eventbrite, Yelp, Palantir, Square, Salesforce, Etrade, NetFlix, Electronic Arts, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Y Combinator, etc.<p>That's not to say that you can't be successful in London but you have to really understand the difference and execute accordingly.