"We have longer searches for good people and have to shuffle through more resumes."

MacRae said the main disadvantage of being in a regional area is when the company invites people to come to its offices for a meeting it can be difficult.

"That's not to say that won't come," he said.

Attwood said the question of why locate a tech company out of the city is asked a lot and one of the main reasons is one of the founders of the company purchased by Belkin lived on the Central Coast and it was less expensive to start a business in the area.