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I'm Spanish and I couldn't agree more. The scene is full of people who don't know anything about real entrepreneurship and that do this things because of the S
by joakin 16y ago
I'm Spanish and I couldn't agree more.
The scene is full of people who don't know anything about real entrepreneurship and that do this things because of the State subventions on these matters...
Oh and don't forget about the social media profets that focus more on buzz that on building things and the banks with abusive credits.
This country is really bad, specially for technology startups. The philosophy here is 'Can't touch it, no money'. That's why we got the real state bubble, that's why the government cuts the subventions on I+D, and that's why founding any kind of enterprise takes much money, time and useless paperwork.
Edit: typos
- metageek 16y agoSorry, what are subventions, and what's I+D?
- Vargas 16y agoI+D => Research and Development Subvention => The government gives you free money if they believe that your startup is "good". In practice, there is some corruption (example: I will grant you a 2 million euros subvention if you casually happen to subcontract all the work to mi niece's company for 1.9 million). Even if you find honest people, there is A LOT of bureaucratic stuff to do to be eligible.
- metageek 16y agoThanks.
- abarrera 16y agoI+D = R&D Subvention => Gov funded grants
- joakin 16y agoOops, poor english I have, I didnt stop to think if I+D was the same in english :p
- metageek 16y agoEs mejor que mí español.
- hga 16y agoIt's close enough, I figured out from the context that I (Invention? Latin inventus -> Spanish invención or English invention) was our R and that subvention had to be something about transferring money. And some of the problems you and Vargas relate are hardly unknown in the entrepreneurial backwaters of the US although it's only in some particularly obnoxious very political cities where the local governments can really get in your way. Which of course lends itself to obvious solutions given how mobile our society is. Anyway, good luck improving things over there!