I came to realize long ago that the secret to my business was that I needed to streamline all costs involved so my profit levels were 100% and I actually kept all of the money I ever took in without having to spend much of anything for the return other than some sweat equity and hard work. Living in a city like Fort Lauderdale had its advantages for some time but as I realized the high cost of living there was a damper on my ability to grow we started looking elsewhere to cut costs and after some math and budget adjustments I was able to figure out we could actually move to Jamaica and live like life were a vacation when compared to what it cost us to live I Florida.
The cost of things in Florida was so much more than life in Jamaica that we actually kept more of the money we made each month running my business online with a laptop and satellite internet connection. now the trend is for startups to take off in lower cost areas like Kansas which has become the new “Silicon Prairie” for many developers and tech industry players who want an edge over the high cost of startups in a developed urban area. What this will do for integrating tech industry into the mainstream of America remains to be seen but it is certain to make a change to small cities like Kansas and even Fort Lauderdale for that matter.
Techies reject coasts for ‘Silicon Prairie’ – CNN.co
Midwestern tech is coming into its own. Jeff Slobotski produces an event called Big Omaha that includes more than 500 of the region’s workers from Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. The annual event just took place in May.“We’ve got a real healthy and growing community,” said Slobotski, innovation director at the AIM Institute — a nonprofit membership organization for IT leadership.
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