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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Or the huge dividends that Santa Barbara got from building GoToMeeting that sold for a nice price to Citrix. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. It creates a feeder system of local businesses that get their first biz dev deals or sales contracts.

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