Starbucks Startups
I’m taking 2 weeks off, during which time I’ve been doing some work for 2 startups I’m helping with (www.seattleaccountantguide.com and www.resourcefitness.net) and I’ve been doing a lot of it from coffee shops. This is a familiar situation for me as I was involved in a startup in the past, and the 4 of us would meet in coffee shops in Santa Barbara and work for hours on end from them. I love this idea, that coffee shops across the country are the home for startups and entrepreneurs fuelled by $3 coffee and free wifi. There is really something empowering and American about this idea. All you need to start the next Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, or Google is a laptop, a local coffee shop, a dream, and most importantly the belief that you can. HP and Apple were started in (now famous) garages in Silicon Valley. In the current world of the internet, free wifi, and the ever present local coffee shop, the resource requirements to start the next billion dollar company, have fallen below even the need for a garage. I believe the next generation of startups will likely be started out of coffee shops across the country, and I’m doing my best to prove this.
