[jremsikjr]

I'll go ahead an disagree here from Madison, WI as well. In fact, there are no less than three cool startups within a block and a half (Murfie.com, ContextClothing.com, Asthmapolis.com) of our offices. There is plenty of opportunity to land if your startup suddenly goes away.

And that doesn't even take into account the option of working remotely.

[cantastoria]

But none of those companies are "twitter-like". They all have fairly low-risk and clear business models. The lede of the article is essentially why aren't there more businesses like Twitter starting in the Midwest. If a number of high-risk twitter-style startups descended on Madison tomorrow do you think it could absorb all the out of work employees when/if they got laid off?