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Between 2024 and 2026, Roibase ran sprint deployments in 5 cities: Istanbul, Lisbon, Berlin, Mexico City, Bangkok. This post shares the criteria that determined hub selection — internet latency, coworking costs, time zone flexibility, tax structure, brand consistency — backed by actual numbers. Not a destination guide; a deployment decision framework.",{"type":31,"tag":39,"props":40,"children":42},"h2",{"id":41},"istanbul-home-base-and-operational-reality",[43],{"type":36,"value":44},"Istanbul: Home Base and Operational Reality",{"type":31,"tag":32,"props":46,"children":47},{},[48],{"type":36,"value":49},"Istanbul is Roibase's founding location, but we measure it against operational realities, not home-field romanticism. 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