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Podcast: Asia Tech Podcast
Episode:

KYL3: From San Francisco to Shenzhen (Cross Border Kyle)
Category: Business
Duration: 00:43:14
Publish Date: 2018-03-15 19:00:00
Description:

Podcast highlights:

  • 06:05 Soaring rental costs of San Francisco - How does this accelerate movement of venture capital out of the valley and into other hubs, including Asia?
  • 14:10 If your startup is seeking more breathing space, more ability to experiment, and more capacity for risk, maybe you should think about relocating out of an expensive ecosystem (like San Francisco) and into a more cost-effective one.
  • 33:30 Beware the temptation to be sucked into Silicon Valley's black hole - Kyle Ellicott's advice for startups on looking at options in the US and Asia

Podcast notes:

  • 00:05 KYL3 - Cross Border Kyle with Kyle Ellicott
  • 01:00 San Francisco is so expensive that people are commuting from Oregon: How far is it and how much time does it take to make the round trip?
  • 02:40 Which people do this and where is this "top to bottom commuting" going on? Cases between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Dallas and Las Vegas
  • 06:05 The soaring rental costs of San Francisco: How this accelerates movement of venture capital out of the valley and into other hubs, including Asia
  • 09:30 Where else could people live and what decision process would a start-up founder go through to decide where to be: the significant cost advantage in Shenzhen
  • 14:10 What an American company's move to other hubs means for innovation and its corresponding changes in dynamics: more breathing space, experiments, risks
  • 18:10 The choice to build a lifestyle business in these types of locations: its pros and cons
  • 24:05 A backstory to the digital nomads showing one can go and live anywhere in the world: the case of 64things.com's Cedric
  • 29:55 Do you think of growing business differently now? The myth of the number of people in the office as a gauge of success
  • 33:30 The temptation to be sucked into the Valley black hole: Kyle's advice for startups and resources being only an arm's length away wherever you are
  • 38:15 The shift from businesses being geographically confined to resources: where capital, talent, markets exist
  • 41:30 Where to find details: ATP.show/Kyle
  • 42:05 Kyle's plans for the show
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