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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. Think again. Angry Birds? From startup Rovio in Finland. Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC?

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. I am talking about self-appointed 10x egostars, not real solid software engineers.