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I believe you misunderstand me. I never said that he wasn't a lean company. I was comparing the average lean startup to the average large corporation. Neithe

• sliverstorm 15y ago
  I do not understand. Is your comment even related to the article at all then? This whole article is about how startups don't work in Hungary, and you're talking about how this is evidence why startups are so much better?
  • bmelton 15y ago
    I believe you're either taking my comments out of context or are predisposed to bias against it for some reason. The point of the article is that employees are expensive. Certain types of employees are potentially more expensive than others. He wants to avoid hiring the low-risk people, but isn't allowed to. The self-selection of startups is... y'know what? I'm just repeating what I said originally. The hardships encountered in Hungary are the same sorts of hardships that large companies have to put up with, to varying degree. That was the basis for my comparison. If you don't get it, sorry. I honestly don't know how you read the article and read my post and don't know how they relate.
  • redthrowaway 15y ago
    I think you're right; you don't understand. He's taking the arguments made in the sub as to why it's hard to start a business in Europe, and extending them to the inherent competitive advantage of startups over large corporations elsewhere. The fact that startups largely don't have to deal with the issues described in the sub, while large corporations do, contributes to this advantage.