The only reason I probably won't personally pin the alarm to start is because it's always at the top of my app list, so I just swipe over to the right and there it is.
I'm still working on getting the perfect start screen. I found several apps that do custom tiles (which I really want) and I have a few custom tiles pinned near the bottom, but none of the apps have all the features I am looking for! I mean, combined they all have amazing features but one by one they're each missing something. Ha! That's the perfect storm for me to create an app... something I really want that definitely can be done on the phone
Now all I need to do is find the time (I already have a developer subscription). Anyway...