Most interesting thing is probably the quality of the discussion on HN compared to TC ... There are some very big differences between europe and the US: 1) Fu

Most interesting thing is probably the quality of the discussion on HN compared to TC ... There are some very big differences between europe and the US: 1) Funding - it's trivial to get funding in the valley compared to europe, more former founders, more vc 2) Market Size - the US market is just bigger, of course the combined EU market is even bigger but you need 20 marketing teams to try to work with it 3) Culture - Yes there is no start up culture comparable to the US, but that's not that bad. The work/life balance thing is true in general, but i've never met a european startup founder who doesn't work the weekends. 4) Failing - Failing is not that acceptable, and that's a big obstacle, especially since you have to get more parts of your funding from banks. 5) Cluster There are only very few technology clusters and none comparable to the valley 6) ...