Granted, you can't start a company in most countries "instantly" but compared to the time it takes to write software? For instance in Germany you have the "Unt

Granted, you can't start a company in most countries "instantly" but compared to the time it takes to write software? For instance in Germany you have the "Unternehmergesellschaft" or Mini-GmbH which is really cheap to set up and should also be really cheap to run as long as you're not doing anything complex accounting-wise. From what I've heard it doesn't take more than a couple weeks. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmergesellschaft_(haftungsbeschränkt) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmergesellschaft_(haftu... In certain industries there is a bias against that form as it shows you are bootstrapping without much cash, but I would hope it's not a problem in tech. Though it probably does suck to write "haftungsbeschränkt" (liability-limited) everywhere: there is no legal short version.