Despite the struggle to raise venture capital, I still believe that geography absolutely played a hand in the success of my start-up. Here’s why geography mattered to my bootstrapped business’ success. From there played we played the “6 degrees” game, taking up to 50 meetings with Silicon Valley execs. And I recently met the CMO of a Bay Area unicorn in my son’s school playground, and brought her on as an advisor. How to Bridge the Geography GapWhile this is all great for founders looking to grow their companies within the Bay Area or other emerging major tech hubs like Austin, TX, it can be a problem for the geographically disadvantaged.

Source: Forbes July 19, 2017 20:37 UTC