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This is not much better.
by the-dude 6y ago
This is not much better.
- k33n 6y agoThe truth hurts. Learn from it!
- the-dude 6y agoYou are a self absorbed, misinformed, nationalistic prick. Do whatever you want to do with it.
- k33n 6y agoNext time you bash America or Americans, remember that Europeans can't cut it in the free market. Love the immediate rush to censorship too. Just like a Euro :D
- dang 6y agoPlease don't break the site guidelines yourself, regardless of how bad the other comments are. It only makes the thread even worse. Just flag it and move on, as the guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. You can also email us at hn@ycombinator.com to be sure that we know about it.
- MattGaiser 6y agoI never thought it was so much about not having grit but more that grit doesn’t pay off in Europe due to the high taxes and messy employment rules.
- jlokier 6y agoThe taxes and employment are fine in practice, and in some ways setting up a company in Europe (or at least some parts of Europe) is easier and cheaper than the US. For something like soup.io, it's loss-making, and has little revenue, so tax and employment are both irrelevant. What's harder is the investment culture. There isn't as much of a culture of investing in experimental startups that probably won't make a profit. But many parts of the US have the same issue - investment isn't readily available everywhere there either.
- k33n 6y agoThe taxes and employment issues are probably the number one reason almost nothing notable has ever launched out of Europe. This will be flagged. But I don’t mind :)