Global Or Die: Is There A Future For Local Startups?

My friend Loic Le Meur wants to convince startups to avoid the lure of focusing only on local markets. He asked to write the guest post below, which I think is worthy of debate. Loic recently moved to San Fransisco with his family to build and launch his new startup, Seesmic (I’m a small investor in Seesmic). For more from Loic, see his Ten Rules For Startup Success , which created quite a stir last December. His personal blog is here . His post and a related video follows: (more…) Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.