http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2004/11/22/setting_up_shop_on_the_prairie.html Om Malik over at Business 2.0 writes about how the geographic spread of broadband is making it far easier for entrepreneurs to set up shop far away from Silicon Valley, in places such as Kansas and Oregon. One company he talks to is Kozoru, which is developing a unique new search engine that we wrote about back in September. Here's what Kozoru CEO John Flowers, who once headed a San Francisco company, told Malik about not starting a business in the valley, after his "entrepreneurial itch" re-merged. Some potential investors encouraged him to head back to the Valley and tee... en-us http://www.business-opportunities.biz/archives/2004/11/22/6517.php Business 2.0: More than ever, launching a business today is all about connections -- starting with broadband connections. In the past 24 months, there's been a quiet surge in the geographic spread of high-speed Internet networks, and that has dramatic... http://www.tjacobi.com/archives/outsourcing_your_headquarter.html SiliconBeat links to Om Malik's story about John Flowers desire to take Kozuru to the countryside: "Some potential investors encouraged him to head back to the Valley and tee up again. But one day, as he was looking out...