Want to Make Your City a Startup Hub? You’ll Need to Befriend 25 Founders, 8 Investors, and 10 Experts First

Surge Cities —a ranking of areas for planting and growing cities—appears to be about places…but it’s really about people. When it comes to entrepreneurs, who and what you know matters—and how many you know, how well you know them, how willing they are to help you, and how far you have to go to meet for coffee.