About a week ago Joe and I gathered the entire SimpleGeo team at our San Francisco offices for a week of team building, camaraderie, and hacking. It was also a time for our executive team to hammer out the basics of what SimpleGeo will be as a company moving forward. One thing quickly became clear during that week: SimpleGeo would be better off if Joe and I were in San Francisco full-time.

This was not an easy conclusion to come to, especially for myself. While Joe is more than happy to return to San Francisco, I’m finding it difficult to embrace leaving Boulder. Boulder has been my home, my springboard, and a source of great joy since I moved here for TechStars. Don’t worry, though, both Joe and I will be returning frequently and are committed to supporting the great startup community in Boulder moving forward.

That being said, Joe and I want to be perfectly clear: SimpleGeo will maintain an active presence in Boulder moving forward. Boulder continues to be a great source of engineering talent, especially for location-based services such as us. The fact is, the Colorado Front Range has been the Silicon Valley of location for years thanks to the mining and oil industries here. We’d be remiss to ignore the talent lurking about Boulder. Or, as Joe often says, “We’d go to Antarctica to find great engineers if we had to.”

What a difference a year can make. See you all in San Francisco!

Thanks, Matt Galligan, Co-Founder & CEO