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London. Not Berlin. Berlin is affordable but that's it. You won't find the best people, the best teams and a good legal framework. The UK has a better legal s
by greenspot 10y ago
London. Not Berlin.
Berlin is affordable but that's it. You won't find the best people, the best teams and a good legal framework.
The UK has a better legal system. The UK Ltd. is way superior to the German Ltd. and soon they will move away from the EU inherited laws which are too much market regulating. Especially consumer protection and labour law are just a big bummer for many and for startups in particular.
Besides, just check total fundings, exits, average fundings sizes, etc. then you see the difference. Berlin based startups got much moeny the recent years but slowly people question again the ecosystem since exits are missing. Ok the city doesn't have the startup history like a Valley or London but still. Clear successes are missing. The only huge thing was Zalando's IPO.
- EiZei 10y agoYou are going to have to abide by those "bummer" consumer protection laws if you are going to sell goods or services to the common market which coincidentally will become harder if the UK really decides to go forth with this lunacy.
- AndreyErmakov 10y ago>> You are going to have to abide by those "bummer" consumer protection laws... If you're dealing directly with consumers then yes. If it's B2B then no, you won't have to. And there are lots of startups offering services for businesses only.
- greenspot 10y ago> goods or services to the common market goods yes and only if you produce them, services no anyway nobody would send stuff from UK to other countries even if the were in the EU; you would found country organization like you did before; so I won't see any changes, just for producers but most startups are not producing goods or to think further most companies in these expensive countries don't manufacture anything.