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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1578032)	12/17/2025 6:37:08 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By Tenchusatsu Respond to of 1579107

California has a lot going for it. I envy them for their angel investor culture. In Texas, angel investors want to make a few, high dollar and low-risk investments a year. In Silicon Valley in particular, the opposite is more common. Yeah, most are going to lose, but some make money. And a few will be Apple. So finding investors is easier in the early, most critical stages for a startup. In Texas, you need one or more products and a track record. The DFW Metroplex has struggled with this for decades. They desperately want to be a tech center, but investors are a stumbling block. The ones in California want the businesses located in California or at least in the same time zone. In Texas, they want to several outlets. DFW loves restaurant chains. They have even set up a couple of incubators, but AFAIK the success has been limited.