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Ask HN: Path from business desire to first customer in your country
I am in the process of creating a platform and a community with friends for people willing to start up a company.
In France, it can be a very long way, from a wish of entrepreneurship, to an idea, quitting their job the right way, working on a business plan, finding some funds, incorporating without error, …
This is why we are creating a community to benefit one from another.
But I was wondering if people in other countries have similar difficulties, and what help they can find to help them reach incorporation, at least?
I did some searches for the US but either I cannot find the proper terms to search for, or these are no brainers for Americans, because I found none complaining of the path before being an entrepreneur, and none to offer help for such an early stage.
- eclat 6y agohttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.REG.DURS?most_recent_value_desc=false https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.REG.DURS?most_recent... you might find this helpful
- KevenFR 6y agoYou're right, this is good food for thought. France appears to be a heaven to start a business! And yet some data don't show up: since 2004, you can become a solopreneur by filling a form online, and start working right away by writing "pending company ID", so just 1h to start your business. In fact, you must then handle by yourself required procedures like health insurance, retirement planning, professional insurances. You must register to a website you will pay your taxes. You must create a bank account separated from from your personal account. There is no official checklist to do these required extra steps, and I wonder if worldbank data takes them into account (I will take a look).