Interesting...<p>I always thought that was a deal breaker and the very reason that people head to the bay area (or any Startup city).<p>I would be pretty easy to have an existing relationship move across the country&#x2F;world and then still make it work, but I think it would be quite difficult to be able to find a stranger and build a strong working relationship.<p>I&#x27;m pretty sure that 37 signals started that way.