That's extremely idealistic... I wish I could agree, but that's the same kind of well-meaning falsehood as "you can be whatever you want when you grow up."
Someone who's looking to start a company and raise a family needs to be smart enough to understand both the family's needs and the company's potential. The latter will often depend on the location in which it's started, for better or worse, regardless of whether there's an office involved or not.
What's the tax situation? How do potential employees/investors view the area? Do local lenders support small businesses? Is there a local ecosystem around business, and is it friendly or hostile to this new entrant? Does the location have a background that will invite discrimination among investors or clients, or one that will support them?
This whole discussion is a vast oversimplification. It does no service to people trying to do real things in the real world.
Life is complicated, true. The point being though is that having a family to fallback to in the first year of being a parent is as much of a factor as other elements. It shouldn't be the factor, but it shouldn't be overlooked either.
Someone who's looking to start a company and raise a family needs to be smart enough to understand both the family's needs and the company's potential. The latter will often depend on the location in which it's started, for better or worse, regardless of whether there's an office involved or not.
What's the tax situation? How do potential employees/investors view the area? Do local lenders support small businesses? Is there a local ecosystem around business, and is it friendly or hostile to this new entrant? Does the location have a background that will invite discrimination among investors or clients, or one that will support them?
This whole discussion is a vast oversimplification. It does no service to people trying to do real things in the real world.