> If they're not ready to put up with okay-ish bureaucratic friction in the founding phase, they're not ready to open a company. With this mentality, it's act

> If they're not ready to put up with okay-ish bureaucratic friction in the founding phase, they're not ready to open a company. With this mentality, it's actually a miracle a German startup scene exists at all. The _last thing_ a founder wants is to wade through useless bureaucracy when there's a product to push and Vacs to talk to. But Germany never really was a founder's country, and much more ruled by big conglomerates it seems or small family business who did non-innovative things (the bakery at the corner - necessary&nice, but not innovative), than startup culture.