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They're probably leaving for home, or for other cities where they have connections. The idea of an entrepreneur taking off from the hottest startup climate in t
by beat 8y ago
They're probably leaving for home, or for other cities where they have connections. The idea of an entrepreneur taking off from the hottest startup climate in the world to another country, where they don't speak the language, may not have direct access to their target customers, etc... it's just not viable.
I'd love to see a startup culture of note form in places like Warsaw, but it's unrealistic to expect cost of living alone to bring brand-new startups there.
- njepa 8y agoMore specifically you need to be unique to gather critical mass. It doesn't just help being cheap, you have to cheap and something else that puts you a head of a lot of other similar places that are also cheap. And it has to be different enough that it is worth the extra effort. It can't just be, say, relatively easy to for example find an apartment, it has to be significantly easier so that it is an actual advantage. There have been a bunch of Swedes moving to Berlin the last 10 years, with SoundCloud being the most prominent example.