In more than three-quarters of the interviews I do I'm asked why I've chosen to keep my company HootSuite headquartered in Vancouver. The question is repeated and repeated again, drilling in one simple point: nobody thinks British Columbia, or the rest of Canada for that matter, is a good place for a tech start-up to grow up.
Well the truth is that there are many advantages Vancouver has over other cities in terms of the technology industry. We have an incredible and unique talent pool of developers and IT professionals ready and eager to sacrifice safer, likely higher-paying jobs in order to take the risk and jump into a start-up. We are also close enough to Silicon Valley to be accessible, but far enough away that our companies are given room to evolve on their own terms and not simply fall into line with the biggest industry players.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Vancouver venture capital gap: all brains, no bucks
