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Depends on the country. Opening a company in Estonia is very cheap but in Spain the manager/CEO needs to be an "autónomo" (like a self-employed tax status). Th

by pier25 1y ago

Depends on the country. Opening a company in Estonia is very cheap but in Spain the manager/CEO needs to be an "autónomo" (like a self-employed tax status). This costs thousands of Euros per year. Something like 2,400-30,000 Euros per year, every year, forever.

troupo 1y ago
And that's probably one of the big obstacles in the EU: there's no common ground for these things. At least this will hopefully be addressed: https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-propose-uniform-rules-startups-help-them-grow-von-der-leyen-says-2025-10-03/ https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-propose-uniform-rules-st...
- vanviegen 1y ago
  What does it matter that the rules for establishing differ per country? I'm only founding in one of them. The article is unclear, but is probably referring to making it easier for startups to offer products in other EU countries.
  - troupo 1y ago
    The idea is to establish common rules to make it easier to register and move startups between countries, among other things. It's in very early stages, so info is very scattered. More info, for example, here: https://www.loyensloeff.com/insights/news--events/news/the-28th-legal-regime-enhancing-european-competitiveness-and-innovation/ https://www.loyensloeff.com/insights/news--events/news/the-2...
- deaux 1y ago
  So what? There's no common ground in the US either, and it's not an issue there.
  - troupo 1y ago
    The ground is significantly more common than in the EU. And that's just one of the problems (many of the problems have nothing to do with European bureaucracy)
    - deaux 1y ago
      The global ground is even less common. In that sense it's ironic to talk about this as if it's an EU issue. Non-EU/US countries are all completely separate. The EU has much more common ground amongst each other than the other 170 or so countries that aren't EU/US; in that sense, it's an advantage for EU startups compared to startups from the other 170 countries that aren't the US. Yet it gets positioned as this unique EU disadvantage, as "the reason why EU startups are 'behind'".

by pier25 1y ago

troupo 1y ago

And that's probably one of the big obstacles in the EU: there's no common ground for these things. At least this will hopefully be addressed: https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-propose-uniform-rules-startups-help-them-grow-von-der-leyen-says-2025-10-03/ https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-propose-uniform-rules-st...

vanviegen 1y ago
What does it matter that the rules for establishing differ per country? I'm only founding in one of them. The article is unclear, but is probably referring to making it easier for startups to offer products in other EU countries.
- troupo 1y ago
  The idea is to establish common rules to make it easier to register and move startups between countries, among other things. It's in very early stages, so info is very scattered. More info, for example, here: https://www.loyensloeff.com/insights/news--events/news/the-28th-legal-regime-enhancing-european-competitiveness-and-innovation/ https://www.loyensloeff.com/insights/news--events/news/the-2...
deaux 1y ago
So what? There's no common ground in the US either, and it's not an issue there.
- troupo 1y ago
  The ground is significantly more common than in the EU. And that's just one of the problems (many of the problems have nothing to do with European bureaucracy)
  - deaux 1y ago
    The global ground is even less common. In that sense it's ironic to talk about this as if it's an EU issue. Non-EU/US countries are all completely separate. The EU has much more common ground amongst each other than the other 170 or so countries that aren't EU/US; in that sense, it's an advantage for EU startups compared to startups from the other 170 countries that aren't the US. Yet it gets positioned as this unique EU disadvantage, as "the reason why EU startups are 'behind'".