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Hey - I just recently wrote a series of blog posts of creating a startup in the US and UK for developers. It's based on my experiences. If you're based in Europ

Hey - I just recently wrote a series of blog posts of creating a startup in the US and UK for developers. It's based on my experiences. If you're based in Europe being a UK based limited company is a great option. As others have said you'll need a good accountant and lawyer, the posts cover my experiences with various companies. Personally I'd recommend Crunch.co.uk for helping with the company formation and accounts. Then Lawbite for the legal side of things. They've answered a bunch of my questions. One big thing to beware of is VAT and VAT MOSS scheme - it's a bit of a nightmare to figure out your way around that. After discussing with accounts and lawyers your best option is to not be VAT registered until you know you're going to exceed the £82k threshold. Again - speak with your own lawyer and accountants on this as everyone's situation is different. Hope that helps! TL;DR - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360598 - Covers company formation (and recommends a couple of accountancy options for the UK) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360651 - Covers Legal advice for US and UK startups.

jcr 11y ago
I have to give credit where due. It's unfortunately rare for someone with a brand new HN account to immediately contribute so much relevant and substantive information. Very Nicely Done! Your articles are well written, easy to read, and seemingly accurate (n.b. without me doing any due diligence to check facts), but the meme images are too distracting, even a bit annoying (this is most likely due to me being a curmudgeon ;). Of course, opinions will vary, and I'm sure others might say the memes break up the reading and help hold attention. For notes, it's generally a poor idea to submit a bunch of good stories at (roughly) the same time, particularly if they're from the same site. Your submissions will be competing for attention with all other stories, including your own. Though your "101" article is currently sitting on the front page of HN, your second article "Dev Guide" suffers from the others' success. Spacing out your submissions, like one a day, will give you better results. Also, the HN Guidelines (link at bottom of most pages) ask for users to avoid submitting so many links that the new page is dominated by your posts.
- mary_goldspink 11y ago
  Thanks for your feedback- I will space them out in the future!

jcr 11y ago

I have to give credit where due. It's unfortunately rare for someone with a brand new HN account to immediately contribute so much relevant and substantive information. Very Nicely Done! Your articles are well written, easy to read, and seemingly accurate (n.b. without me doing any due diligence to check facts), but the meme images are too distracting, even a bit annoying (this is most likely due to me being a curmudgeon ;). Of course, opinions will vary, and I'm sure others might say the memes break up the reading and help hold attention. For notes, it's generally a poor idea to submit a bunch of good stories at (roughly) the same time, particularly if they're from the same site. Your submissions will be competing for attention with all other stories, including your own. Though your "101" article is currently sitting on the front page of HN, your second article "Dev Guide" suffers from the others' success. Spacing out your submissions, like one a day, will give you better results. Also, the HN Guidelines (link at bottom of most pages) ask for users to avoid submitting so many links that the new page is dominated by your posts.

mary_goldspink 11y ago
Thanks for your feedback- I will space them out in the future!