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by grensley 771 days ago
Anybody else nodding along like...

"mhm mhm Austin...makes sense..."

"I wonder when the Florida scams are gonna start hitting?"

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I’m curious to know what you mean by this. Does Austin have a reputation for this kind of thing?
Austin and Miami were supposed to be the new tech start-up hotspots after the great COVID WFH migration. The zeitgeist was the SF Bay area was played out for a multitude of reasons the departees were only too happy to blog about. Austin and Miami also have a bunch of investors without a background in tech - in all, lot's of new players in a high-growth area make it a target-rich environment for those lacking scruples.
Rich people start hyping these places

Eager eyed entrepreneurs follow

And the sharks are just waiting