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From Mexico myself as well. The whole ordeal is by far more complicated than in the US, except for visas. Starting is already hard enough by itself, so adding
by checoivan 15y ago
From Mexico myself as well.
The whole ordeal is by far more complicated than in the US, except for visas.
Starting is already hard enough by itself, so adding on top a thick layer of hoops to jump and bypass in Mexico isn't the best of things. The market is different, the talent pool is vastly different than sillicon valley.
There's a big focus in custom enterprise applications and consulting among CS workers and grads, very little product focus. There's a mindset gap where the majority of people believe starting, and doing something without getting squashed by El Goog or government is impossible. Convincing people that things "can be done" is an uphill battle.
Incubators are more of the generalist type.I applied and spent some time on my university incubator ("Tec") and found that the focus was in manufacturing, trading, and finance business. There was very little knowledge of tech startups. Accounting/Hr/taxes are pretty draconian as well.