[pxlpshr]

There are two hot beds in the "middle" where you can find strong activity. Austin, TX and Boulder, CO... I live in Austin for it's low cost of living, Univ of Texas resources, Texas' strong economy, and no state income tax. The only thing that bothers is me is that we're in the bible belt... :)

[sachinag]

Austin is a fantastic place to start - and SXSW coming in town every year is huge.

[tptacek]

I'm going to call you on that and ask for details on how SXSW is really huge for a startup. Got an anecdote?

[ordord00]

I got one. I started a consulting business (for the purpose of bootstrapping a startup) just before SXSW last this past year. My partners and I were looking for a product to build around that time when we were approached by another business savvy startup that needed a strong development team. We immediately started working together and now have our first version of the product rolling out to select Hooters restaurants tomorrow. If we had not gone to SXSW we would have never run into this other group of guys and stumbled into a really, really strong product with an amazing business model.