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It's very anecdotal but at Spreedly (my company) we are integrated to around 90 different payment gateways globally and are payments infrastructure. So we have

It's very anecdotal but at Spreedly (my company) we are integrated to around 90 different payment gateways globally and are payments infrastructure. So we have a lot of startup interest. In Europe Spain is second only to the UK in terms of prospects and customers. Sadly I've been told this is may partially because youth unemployment is so high that you might as well start something vs wait around. But either way a headline like this doesn't surprise me as we've clearly seen a large amount of entrepreneurial activity out of Spain.

Ftuuky 11y ago
>> Sadly I've been told this is may partially because youth unemployment is so high that you might as well start something vs wait around. Same thing in Portugal. You either emigrate or start your own company.
narag 11y ago
...youth unemployment is so high that you might as well start something vs wait around Not only youth. And there's the figure of the fake autónomo: companies force their employees to act as a provider to save taxes and regulations, threatening with firing them. The worst cases are those in which the company first do this, then "fire" them anyway, avoiding the severance pay and letting the fired without unemployment rights.