Here's what may seem a crazy idea:
We're moving to the bay area for 3 months (starting in August) to work on a new idea, take in the California air and see a few old friends. Back when I lived in California, I was staying at the Techcrunch HQ in Atherton. Now, however, I'm bringing the rest of the guys along and we need suggestions as to:
1) Where to stay. It's tough finding a place to rent for 3 months that isn't crazy expensive (we don't need the swimming pools or tennis courts, even if we like to have fun). Should we just stick to lurking Craigslist, or does anyone have little secret housing gems in the bay?
2) How to finance it. We have a pretty exciting idea and we're building an MVP. The people we talked to are interested in putting in money, but we wanted to be creative with funding our stint in the valley - we don't want to spend investor money in housing (should we? meh). We have an existing product that will help finance this, but we'd like to do something creative. Any thoughts?
I guess this is it for now. We're doing this for the idea first, the experience second, the fun third. Would love to hear your suggestions, questions and thoughts.
We're moving to the bay area for 3 months (starting in August) to work on a new idea, take in the California air and see a few old friends. Back when I lived in California, I was staying at the Techcrunch HQ in Atherton. Now, however, I'm bringing the rest of the guys along and we need suggestions as to:
1) Where to stay. It's tough finding a place to rent for 3 months that isn't crazy expensive (we don't need the swimming pools or tennis courts, even if we like to have fun). Should we just stick to lurking Craigslist, or does anyone have little secret housing gems in the bay?
2) How to finance it. We have a pretty exciting idea and we're building an MVP. The people we talked to are interested in putting in money, but we wanted to be creative with funding our stint in the valley - we don't want to spend investor money in housing (should we? meh). We have an existing product that will help finance this, but we'd like to do something creative. Any thoughts?
I guess this is it for now. We're doing this for the idea first, the experience second, the fun third. Would love to hear your suggestions, questions and thoughts.