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> The biggest barrier for any person who wants to launch something is: paperwork around establishing a company. Seriously? Your plumber managed to establish a
by varjag 5y ago
> The biggest barrier for any person who wants to launch something is: paperwork around establishing a company.
Seriously? Your plumber managed to establish a company. That kebab place across the street. The delivery guy subcontracting for courier service. And the company that wants to conquer the world can't?
- Foobar8568 5y agoYeah I remember some big4 companies saying that France is among the easiest country to incorporate a company ( I think it was E&Y). The problem is more on : 1 - Europe can't have a common language 2 - Each country will support first their own companies, then US, then other competitive European companies 3 - A mess to expend outside of its own country. 4 - Culture of useless consultancy companies (Atos, Alten, Altran, Cap Gemini, Accenture, and a shit load of others) for France and several other countries killing any IT innovations. And many more things.
- varjag 5y agoMuch of it is true. However as for #2, there are often at least clusters of countries where expansion isn't a big deal (BeNeLux, Nordics, Baltic…) so it's not that terrible. And supporting the US companies, well maybe it's true for the whales but nobody gives two damns about competing American startups.
- kansface 5y agoI live in the US, but the plumber is just doing business in one jurisdiction and expects that business will continue to exist for years. Jumping through a bunch of hoops may not be worth what starts out at a couple hundred dollars a month. Lots of companies only accidentally conquer the world. If you put a barrier in front of any activity, you will get less of it in direct proportion to the height of the barrier.