[SeoxyS]

These hyperbolic articles about places that are "the best place in the world for a startup" need to stop. For a creative and smart founder, any place in the world will be a fine spot to start up, and might even be better than silicon valley. But if you're going to make a generalization like that, then the bay area is the best place to be. Any article arguing otherwise is doing so purely for the sake of defying conventional wisdom.

[tomjen3]

Depends on the kind of startup. A tech startup has certain advantages in people, funding and connections, but a tech startup doing software for oil-exploration, say, might be better located in Alaska.

And I would love to see the best start-up founder try his hand in Sudan, Russia or North Korea.

[taskstrike]

Total agreement, everyone knows the best places are:

1. Bay area 2. New York City