[jasonkester]

You're right that it's tougher out here to generate the sort of hype that you get for free if you're in the Valley. For Twiddla, we actually left one of the founders behind just so he could do the Schmooze part.

But really, everything you mention is only relevant to a certain kind of of company. If you're not a Social-Media-Music-Sharing site that runs on the back of Twitter and needs to Get Big Fast, and you instead sell things to people who pay you money, then your list of things becomes much less important.

It's pretty good out here. You should come give it a try!