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I am not sure where are you from. I come from the area described in "Gomorra" by Saviano. We have rampant criminality and corruption. People get actually shoute

I am not sure where are you from. I come from the area described in "Gomorra" by Saviano. We have rampant criminality and corruption. People get actually shouted around here. Those are outside forces that will come and knock to your door as soon as your activity start to be profitable. People will ask you for money or favors or they will just make your life difficult just so they don't have to envy your success. So, you are right, but you are also taking a superficial look at the problem. Of course you can start a company, but you will have to be much stronger and determinate and be able to deal with the fact that nobody, not even your family and friends, will support you.

riffraff 15y ago
small town close to rome (with a decent share of corruption, crime and immobilism) but how does that relate? I was only stating that the reasoning in your previous comment is incorrect (which, by the way, it's about italy, not your area). I am not dumb enough to disagree on the general topic of "it's harder to start a company in corleone than in san francisco", I'm just worried by blanket statements from young people that the only chance to succeed is to change country. Consider antirez, who ran a (successful, AFAIK) company from sicily or ciaopeople which has a decent business and is based in naples. It's harder yes, but the first N steps should be trying and failing, and only N+1 should be giving up to blaming outside forces.