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But then you have to operate in France, which by all accounts (from my European colleagues) may not be worth the cost :)
by jff 15y ago
But then you have to operate in France, which by all accounts (from my European colleagues) may not be worth the cost :)
- jarek 15y agoLuckily you can just Change The World by doing a node.js startup in the Mission...
- mkuhn 15y agoI think what the GP tried to say is that France is not the easiest environment to launch a startup. Labor laws, taxes etc. make it one of the less desirable places in Europe to start a company.
- jarek 15y agoIf dealing with administrative stuff is too difficult for the entrepreneur, they could always try to find comparable talent elsewhere or to convince the established, proven talent to move where it's convenient for the entrepreneur.
- justincormack 15y agoIf dealing with government bureaucracy is not your thing, a nuclear startup probably isn't.
- jarek 15y agoThat node.js or iOS app startup is looking better all the time...
- Loic 15y agoI am French, working in Germany having founded a Limited in UK and I spent some years working in Denmark. If you factor everything in, the cost difference between the US and EU is negligible. In the nuclear field, like in any highly skilled engineering field, the costs will come first from the salary of your employees. In fact, it will be cheaper in Europe, because in Europe, highly skilled engineers tend to work for less money because they have 6 weeks holidays (which you can take), 3 month sick days, very good health insurance and a 40h week. When you start to build stuff, the BOM is the same in the US or in Europe. This is from my experience in the oil & gas and pharmaceutical industries (my field as process & chemical engineer).