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* Berlin is bursting with new ideas & startup culture, cheap, great people & scene (access to money less easy but changing fast). Scott Wheeler (http://www.dire

* Berlin is bursting with new ideas & startup culture, cheap, great people & scene (access to money less easy but changing fast). Scott Wheeler (http://www.directededge.com/ http://www.directededge.com/) a HN alumnus is based there. The guys from Dopplr (@ Nokia now but it seems they are up to sthg) * not just Bratislava but Vienna, I heard it is also great to startup there (Schnitzelconf. sept 7 there) * Zürich (ETH university, many Google engineers there) * and btw Chile offers you $40 000 to start there (not sure that is a very convenient location, but that's a bit of cash and the wine is good;) my2cts Good luck with your venture.

Hoff 16y ago
FWIW, here's the information on the Start-Up Chile program that was mentioned: http://www.thisischile.cl/Articles.aspx?id=4387 http://www.thisischile.cl/Articles.aspx?id=4387 http://www.startupchile.org/ http://www.startupchile.org/
dirtyaura 16y ago
A vote for Berlin. I'd definitely pick Berlin over London at the moment. London is really expensive to live and financial sector is sucking in programming talent with their lucrative pay checks. I lived in London for a year and I feel that many smaller cities in Europe have as vibrant startup scene as London. Berlin on the other hand is the cheapest capital in Western Europe, startup scene is becoming more and more lively and it's location is great for moving around Europe. Nordics are also an option: Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen all have quite lively startup scene. In Helsinki, where I live, early stage investing is improving with very fast pace. There are no VCs here, though, but almost anywhere in Europe, you have to take look for investors from abroad in any case. But granted, Nordics are pricier to live than Berlin, although not that bad as London.
zalew 16y ago
http://soup.io http://soup.io is also from Vienna
lzw 16y ago
Thank you very much for that info. I didn't realize Vienna was so active. Switzerland might even go on the short list if their residency situation isn't too bad. I've been to Chile and I can say that the people there have a very can-do, capitalist attitude. I'll look into the startup program their doing. Thanks very much!
PTheR 16y ago
A very good article about Chile on techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/chile-wants-your-poor-your-huddled-masses-your-tech-entrepreneurs/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/chile-wants-your-poor-your-...

Hoff 16y ago

FWIW, here's the information on the Start-Up Chile program that was mentioned: http://www.thisischile.cl/Articles.aspx?id=4387 http://www.thisischile.cl/Articles.aspx?id=4387 http://www.startupchile.org/ http://www.startupchile.org/

dirtyaura 16y ago

A vote for Berlin. I'd definitely pick Berlin over London at the moment. London is really expensive to live and financial sector is sucking in programming talent with their lucrative pay checks. I lived in London for a year and I feel that many smaller cities in Europe have as vibrant startup scene as London. Berlin on the other hand is the cheapest capital in Western Europe, startup scene is becoming more and more lively and it's location is great for moving around Europe. Nordics are also an option: Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen all have quite lively startup scene. In Helsinki, where I live, early stage investing is improving with very fast pace. There are no VCs here, though, but almost anywhere in Europe, you have to take look for investors from abroad in any case. But granted, Nordics are pricier to live than Berlin, although not that bad as London.

zalew 16y ago

http://soup.io http://soup.io is also from Vienna

lzw 16y ago

Thank you very much for that info. I didn't realize Vienna was so active. Switzerland might even go on the short list if their residency situation isn't too bad. I've been to Chile and I can say that the people there have a very can-do, capitalist attitude. I'll look into the startup program their doing. Thanks very much!

PTheR 16y ago

A very good article about Chile on techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/chile-wants-your-poor-your-huddled-masses-your-tech-entrepreneurs/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/chile-wants-your-poor-your-...