If you're not planning on trying to sell your company early, it doesn't matter whether there are companies nearby who might buy it. I agree it's still going to be harder to do elsewhere at present as getting funding for further expansion might be harder, but it is possible to bootstrap to success, and going for an early exit is not the only route startups can take.
Yes of course, I just think it's unhealthy to focus on selling a company early, when the ideal result would be to be a grow to a point where you have a choice of selling or expanding. I'm sure in your case this wouldn't apply, but focus on an exit at all costs can distort perspectives and encourages companies like color which spend a lot of money without bothering to produce anything people want.
Could you describe in detail some of the "We can do either X or Y, but because we are building this to sell, we will do Y" situations, for specific values of X and Y?
it is possible to bootstrap to success, and going for an early exit is not the only route startups can take.
It not only is possible, it's how it's (usually) done! What a bubble this site is in when the way 99% of businesses work is portrayed as an alternative approach ;-)
