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> I've lived in a few different parts of the EU, and couldn't imagine a worse idea than starting a company there (which I did, once). I moved here from the US
by throwaway184747 5y ago
> I've lived in a few different parts of the EU, and couldn't imagine a worse idea than starting a company there (which I did, once).
I moved here from the US to start a company, and for anyone reading, listen to the above advice. (I'm not a US citizen, so non-trivial to do a startup).
- danieldk 5y agoSince we are piling up anecdotal evidence. I am in the NL and starting a company took, I don’t know, 30 minutes of my time? Filling in a form on a website and a 10 minute appointment at the Chamber of Commerce. Filing taxes is really straightforward. E.g., for VAT , the administration program that we use spits out quarterly numbers, a submit them through the tax office’s website. Having started a business twice, both times I was surprised how easy and straightforward it is. I have to add that the overhead of starting a company probably varies a lot between countries. We once considered opening a company in Germany and it seemed like a lot of paperwork. The problem was not the language barrier — my wife is a native speaker.
- the-dude 5y agoWas this an eenmanszaak ( sole propietor ) or VOF ?