Fan,

You can build your company anywhere, but you should go where the money is to raise. I'd hop in a plane, train or automobile to get where I think I have the best opportunity to raise money. Then you bring that money back to where you think you have the best chance of success.

Thanks,
Jason

You should check out www.GreenhornConnect.com. They have all the events and resources Don talks about and many, many more up to date things happening in Boston and New England.

Luckily, in Boston you don't have to have a car to make it here; I haven't driven a car since I came to Boston over 7 years ago.

At the same time, I would be lying if I didn't say I wouldn't want to drive here if I could*. No turn signals, one way streets and poor signage #fail.

Healy,

Thanks for the mention! I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. There are TONS of smart kids at our many universities (yes, there are more than those two goliaths in Cambridge :) ...), but too few of them are aware of opportunities in startups.

The more initiatives we have the better our chances will be. DartBoston has started something special with their events and we're proud of what we're working on with Greenhorn Connect both on the site and contributing to events on different levels like Drinkup Linkup and especially the Career Combine. MassChallenge has done a great job of driving down and I'm excited to see how BostInnovation's Campus Initiative (which we're hoping to team up with them on) goes as well.

Constructing logical career paths and entry points for students is an important aspect that I think we still need to think about (not everyone is ready to found a company straight out of college), but we're starting to do better with at least raising some awareness thanks to the initiatives you mentioned.

Here's to the efforts now and hopefully many more in the future!

Cheers!
-Jason