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How exactly would YC benefit from having an office in NC? Access to government contractors?

Raleigh? Access to students from NC State, Duke, and UNC Chapel Hill, all within a few miles. And of course...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park

It may completely shock some of you stuck in bubble land, but many people don't want to live in SV. Even for a day.

If you're planning to run a successful tech company, you'll need to spend time talking to customers, partners, suppliers and investors. A large fraction will be in SV. You should really learn to be comfortable in any of the major tech cities.

True, but still, it's hardly required to be in SV in order to found a successful technology company. And the Triangle area is actually quite a burgeoning startup hub these days... although the word hasn't gotten out quite everywhere yet. :-)

Because there are a lot of smart, talented people out here building startups, and not all of them are willing/able to move to CA for 10 weeks. Personally I think an RTP branch of YC would be wildly successful, but I am a bit biased.

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