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Last time I checked Europe was not one country. The business environment in, say, the UK is very much different to that in, say, Germany. It's hard to take art
by noelwelsh 14y ago
Last time I checked Europe was not one country. The business environment in, say, the UK is very much different to that in, say, Germany. It's hard to take articles seriously that speak so broadly and vaguely about such a diverse continent.
- LaGrange 14y agoAlso, this article keeps repeating cliches. Yeah, sure, I won't get a pat on the head and universal admiration for starting yet another boring and doomed startup (though there's circles of people who will give you even that). Also, if you complain about costs and employee rights and stuff it's likely you will be perceived as a whiner -- justly, in my opinion, if those are stopping you then you probably have no business doing business. You will, though, still get health insurance on your pre-existing condition, which makes me way more likely to try (again) in Europe than in US. And if you do something that's generally considered useful there's even a chance for you to score some sponsorship money without a VC dangling off it, you just have to do the necessary paperwork to demonstrate you know what you're doing. In general, even with the crisis and all, we're doing pretty well over here.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoThere's a rather irritating trend to treat the EU and Europe as the same thing (they aren't), and to treat the EU as if it's a country. While yes, some things are similar across the EU because of legislation, there are still significant differences between different countries.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoThe same applies, IMO, to India and China, both having twice the population of Europe.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoI don't know about India, but it's a single country. So is China, but in effect it isn't, because of Hong Kong and Macao having quite different laws.
- riffraff 14y agodon't forget: treating UE and the Euro(€)-using subset of it (euroland) as if they are one.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoOh, yup, that's irritating too. Do they not know about the UK (GBP)? Sweden (SEK)? Denmark (DKK)? Poland (PLN)? Czech Republic (CZK)? etc.
- JonnieCache 14y agoNow we know how africa feels.